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Russian
Pronunciation
Adverb
ка́к бы • (kák by)
- like, kind of, sort of
- Synonyms: вро́де (vróde), вро́де как (vróde kak), бу́дто (búdto), как бу́дто (kak búdto)
- Э́то как бы дли́нная исто́рия. ― Éto kak by dlínnaja istórija. ― It's kind of a long story.
Conjunction
ка́к бы • (kák by)
- as if
- Synonyms: бу́дто (búdto), как бу́дто (kak búdto)
1929, Aleksandr Kuprin, The Wheel of Time:Я чу́вствовал себя́ обма́нутым, как бы обкра́денным.- Ja čúvstvoval sebjá obmánutym, kak by obkrádennym.
- I felt cheated, as if robbed.
- how ... would
- Не зна́ю, как бы я справля́лась без него́. ― Ne znáju, kak by ja spravljálasʹ bez nevó. ― I don't know how I would cope without him.
- as ... would
- Не так мно́го, как бы хоте́лось. ― Ne tak mnógo, kak by xotélosʹ. ― Not as many as I would like.