расспрашивать

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Russian

Etymology

расспроси́ть (rassprosítʹ) +‎ -ивать (-ivatʹ)

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Verb

расспра́шивать (rassprášivatʹimpf (perfective расспроси́ть)

  1. to question, to make inquiries (about)
    • 1835, Николай Гоголь [Nikolai Gogol], Старосветские помещики; English translation from Isabel Florence Hapgood, transl., Old-Fashioned Farmers, (Please provide a date or year):
      Он всегда́ слу́шал с прия́тною улы́бкою госте́й, приезжа́вших к нему́, иногда́ и сам говори́л, но бо́льше расспра́шивал.
      On vsegdá slúšal s prijátnoju ulýbkoju gostéj, prijezžávšix k nemú, inogdá i sam govoríl, no bólʹše rassprášival.
      He always listened with a pleasant smile to his guests: sometimes he talked himself but generally he asked questions.

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