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Russian
- чо (čo)
- шо (šo) — Southern European Russia, Ukraine
Etymology
Contraction of чего́ (čevó).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
чё • (čo)
- (nonstandard, colloquial, proscribed) what, wot (replacing the nominative singular or accusative singular form of the interrogative pronoun что (što))
- Synonyms: что (što), (colloquial) чего́ (čevó)
- Спроси́ у неё, чё ей на́до. ― Sprosí u nejó, čo jej nádo. ― Ask her what she wants.
- Ну чё, пойдём? ― Nu čo, pojdjóm? ― Well (so what), let's go?
- Чё, серьёзно? ― Čo, serʹjózno? ― What, seriously?
Usage notes
- The term is seldom used in formal writing, but relatively regularly in texting.
- The term can only replace the interrogative pronoun, not the conjunction что (što).
- Sometimes used as a marker of uneducated or nonstandard speech, similarly to wot in British English.
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