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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьnogъda. By surface analysis, ино́й (inój) + -о- (-o-) + -гда (-gda); see когда́ (kogdá) for the origin of the last element.
Pronunciation
Adverb
иногда́ • (inogdá)
- sometimes, at times
1913, Максим Горький, “VIII”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:Иногда он, стоя в окне, как в раме, спрятав руки за спину, смотрел прямо на крышу, но меня как будто не видел, и это очень обижало.- Inogda on, stoja v okne, kak v rame, sprjatav ruki za spinu, smotrel prjamo na kryšu, no menja kak budto ne videl, i eto očenʹ obižalo.
- Sometimes, standing there framed by the window, he looked straight at the roof, with his hands clasped behind him, but he didn’t seem to see me, and this I found very annoying.
- now and then
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