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Russian
Pronunciation
Adverb
во-пе́рвых • (vo-pérvyx)
- first, first of all, for one thing, firstly
1869, Фёдор Достоевский, “Глава VIII”, in Идиот (роман); English translation from Eva Martin, transl., The Idiot, 1913:— Я пришёл вас предупредить: во-первых, мне денег взаймы не давать, потому что я непременно буду просить.- — Ja prišól vas predupreditʹ: vo-pervyx, mne deneg vzajmy ne davatʹ, potomu što ja nepremenno budu prositʹ.
- "I came here to warn you," he said. "In the first place, don't lend me any money, for I shall certainly ask you to."