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Russian
Pronunciation
Phrase
с како́й ста́ти • (s kakój státi)
- (colloquial) why on earth
- С како́й ста́ти мне так де́лать? ― S kakój státi mne tak délatʹ? ― Why on earth would I do that?
1888, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Сапожник и нечистая сила; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Shoemaker and the Devil, 1921:— С како́й тако́й ста́ти, скажи́те на ми́лость, зака́зчики гуля́ют, а я обя́зан шить на них? Оттого́, что у них де́ньги есть, а я ни́щий?- — S kakój takój státi, skažíte na mílostʹ, zakázčiki guljájut, a ja objázan šitʹ na nix? Ottovó, što u nix dénʹgi jestʹ, a ja níščij?
- `What is the reason, kindly tell me, that customers enjoy themselves while I am forced to sit and work for them? Because they have money and I am a beggar.