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Russian
Alternative forms
- ничё (ničó) — non-standard but common in speech
- нечего (nečevo) — common misspelling
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: ничево́)
Pronoun
ничего́ • (ničevó)
- genitive of ничто́ (ništó)
- Что с ним? — Ничего́. ― Što s nim? — Ničevó. ― What’s the matter with him? — Nothing.
- Ничего́ нет. ― Ničevó net. ― There is nothing.
Adjective
ничего́ • (ničevó) (no comparative)
- (colloquial) so-so, not bad, pretty
- Как ва́ше здоро́вье? —— Ничего́. ― Kak váše zdoróvʹje? —— Ničevó. ― How’s your health? — So-so.
- Как он поёт? — Ничего́. ― Kak on pojót? — Ničevó. ― How does he sing? — Not bad.
Interjection
ничего́ • (ničevó)
- never mind!; that's all right!; no problem!
1888, Антон Чехов, “I”, in Степь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Steppe, 1919:— Ничего, ничего, брат Егор, ничего… — забормотал скороговоркой о. Христофор. — Ничего, брат… Призывай бога… Не за худом едешь, а за добром. Ученье, как говорится, свет, а неученье — тьма… Истинно так.- — Ničevo, ničevo, brat Jegor, ničevo… — zabormotal skorogovorkoj o. Xristofor. — Ničevo, brat… Prizyvaj boga… Ne za xudom jedešʹ, a za dobrom. Učenʹje, kak govoritsja, svet, a neučenʹje — tʹma… Istinno tak.
- "Never mind, never mind, Yegor boy, never mind," Father Christopher muttered rapidly—"never mind, my boy. . . . Call upon God. . . . You are not going for your harm, but for your good. Learning is light, as the saying is, and ignorance is darkness. . . . That is so, truly."
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