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Russian
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: не́чево)
Pronoun
не́чего • (néčevo)
- there is nothing to (negative genitive of что (što))
- мне не́чего де́лать ― mne néčevo délatʹ ― there is nothing for me to do
- there is no need, (one) need not, (it is) no use
- не́чего жа́ловаться ― néčevo žálovatʹsja ― stop complaining (literally, “it is no use complaining”)
Usage notes
- The preceding noun or pronoun is in the dative case; the verb that follows is in the infinitive.
- Prepositions are inserted between не (ne) and the form of что (što): не́ для чего, не́ к чему, не́ с чем.
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