{"id":15165,"date":"2022-05-18T14:16:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T14:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=15165"},"modified":"2022-05-18T14:16:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T14:16:30","slug":"monasteries-eyeliner-and-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/monasteries-eyeliner-and-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"Monasteries, eyeliner, and poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">Today is a deep dive into one Russian verb. Recently one of my students and I were casually talking about ways to express in English that you <strong>\u201c<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0451\u043b<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"color: black\">\u0442\u043e<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\"><strong>\u201d<\/strong> (as in \u2018to let someone down\u2019) when it dawned on me that I don\u2019t know why we use \u201c<\/span><b><span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u044c<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">\u201d in that sense in Russian. What I thought would be a simple google search ended up being a very exhilarating trip into the world of idioms and language history.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15168\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15168\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15168\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/pexels-eugene-liashchevskyi-10681652-233x350.jpg\" alt=\"eyeliner\" width=\"233\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/pexels-eugene-liashchevskyi-10681652-233x350.jpg 233w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/pexels-eugene-liashchevskyi-10681652.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430 Eugene Liashchevskyi: Pexels<\/p><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;background: white\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">Let\u2019s start with the basics. Here are some <\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #1155cc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dic.academic.ru\/dic.nsf\/ushakov\/942970\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc\">definitions<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\"> of the verb \u2018<\/span><b><span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">\u2019<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">:<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -.25in;background: white;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt .5in\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: Symbol;color: black\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">First and foremost, <\/span><b><span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\"> means to lead someone close to a certain place with you. What&#8217;s the difference between <strong>\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/strong> and <strong>\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/strong> then? <strong>\u041f\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/strong> is just to lead someone while <strong>\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/strong> has an added element of bringing the person really close to something. \u0421ompare:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u041e\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043b\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f \u0437\u0430 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0439 \u0432 \u0431\u0438\u0431\u043b\u0438\u043e\u0442\u0435\u043a\u0443. She took me to the library with her.<\/em><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;background: white\"><i><span style=\"color: black\">\u041e\u043d \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0451\u043b \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f \u043a \u0437\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0440\u0443 \u0438 \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b \u0433\u0434\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0430\u043a\u0430 \u0432\u044b\u0440\u044b\u043b\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0434.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;background: white\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">He led me to the fence and showed where the dog dug a way out.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -.25in;background: white;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt .5in\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: Symbol;color: black\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"color: black\">\u041f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0441\u0447\u0435\u0442\u0430 \u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0438\u0442\u043e\u0433\u0438 \u2013 <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">to<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">sum<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">up<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">or<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">to<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">recap<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in\"><i><span style=\"color: black\">\u0414\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043c \u0438\u0442\u043e\u0433\u0438 \u0441\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044f\u0448\u043d\u0435\u0433\u043e \u0443\u0440\u043e\u043a\u0430. <\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">Let\u2019s recap today\u2019s lesson. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -.25in;background: white;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt .5in\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: Symbol;color: black\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"color: black\">\u041f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0437\u0430 \u043a\u0430\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0430\u0448\u043e\u043c \u2013 <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">to<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">use<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">eyeliner<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in\"><i><span style=\"color: black\">\u041a\u0430\u043a \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0437\u0430 \u043a\u0430\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0430\u0448\u043e\u043c? <\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">How to apply eyeliner?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Moreover, we even have a derivative noun \u201c<\/span><b>\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u043e\u0434\u043a\u0430<\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201d which simply means \u201ceyeliner\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in\"><i><span style=\"color: black\">\u041a\u0430\u043a<\/span><\/i><i> <span style=\"color: black\">\u0432\u044b\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/span><\/i><i> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u043e\u0434\u043a\u0443<\/span><\/i><i> <span style=\"color: black\">\u0434\u043b\u044f<\/span><\/i><i> <span style=\"color: black\">\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0437<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">? How to choose eyeliner?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Now onto the figurative meaning: <\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in\"><b><span style=\"color: black\">\u041f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u044c<\/span><\/b><b> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"color: black\">\u0442\u043e<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\"> is a pretty standard way to say \u2018to let someone down\u2019. It does not mean <\/span><b><span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">, which is \u2018to betray\u2019. Other ways to think of this verb is in a sense \u201cto drop the ball\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in\"><i><span style=\"color: black\">\u042f \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0451\u043b \u0441\u0432\u043e\u044e \u0433\u0440\u0443\u043f\u043f\u0443 \u0441 \u044d\u0442\u0438\u043c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0435\u043a\u0442\u043e\u043c.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">I really dropped the ball on this project or I really let my team down with this project.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">The official definition is \u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: black\">\u043d\u0435\u043e\u0436\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u043e<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"color: black\">\u0442\u043e<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u0432<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u0437\u0430\u0442\u0440\u0443\u0434\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">, <\/span><span style=\"color: black\">\u043d\u0435\u043f\u0440\u0438\u044f\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0435<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043a\u0430\u043a\u0438\u043c\u0438<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"color: black\">\u043d\u0438\u0431\u0443\u0434\u044c<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u0434\u0435\u0439\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0438\u044f\u043c\u0438<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">\u201d (when your actions put someone in a difficult and uncomfortable situation).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;background: white\"><i><span style=\"color: black\">\u041e\u043d \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u043b: \u043e\u0431\u0435\u0449\u0430\u043b \u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0448\u0435\u043b.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;background: white\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">He really let me down. He promised to come but never did.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15169\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/pexels-thirdman-8483553-233x350.jpg\" alt=\"to let someone down\" width=\"233\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/pexels-thirdman-8483553-233x350.jpg 233w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/pexels-thirdman-8483553.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430 Thirdman: Pexels<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;background: white\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;background: white\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">All the dictionaries online just stated that <\/span><b><span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: black\"> <span lang=\"EN-US\">was a figurative meaning \u201cto let someone down\u201d but no explanation as to why that is. I just felt like there was a piece of the puzzle missing because on its own <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\"> made little sense. I wanted to add a \u201clocation\u201d, as if the person is <i>literally <\/i>lead to a place that will be uncomfortable and difficult, i.e. <\/span><b><span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span><\/b><b> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043a\u0443\u0434\u0430<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"color: black\">\u0442\u043e<\/span><\/b> <span style=\"color: black\">\u0438\u043b\u0438<\/span> <b><span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span><\/b><b> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043a<\/span><\/b><b> <span style=\"color: black\">\u0447\u0435\u043c\u0443<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">And I think my linguistic gut feeling was right because I found an idiom <\/span><b><span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span><\/b><b> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434<\/span><\/b><b> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043c\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0440\u044c<\/span><\/b><b> <\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">and this great in-depth paper that <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: black\">\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u0432\u0441\u0451<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0430\u043c<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\"> (put everything in its place). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>\u041f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u043c\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0440\u044c: origins<\/h4>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">This wonderful person named Zhujkova M. V. wrote a lot about the <\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ\">Dynamic Processes in the Idiomatic Systems of Eastern Slavic Languages<\/a><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\"> but you can read further about this one idiom on pages 130-146. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">Here\u2019s <\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/evnuir.vnu.edu.ua\/bitstream\/123456789\/14104\/1\/frazeolohija_Zhujkova.pdf\">the actual link<\/a><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">. I just couldn\u2019t resist <em>not <\/em>rickrolling you<sup id=\"mfn-content-000000000000311b0000000000000000_15165-1\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"1\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000000000311b0000000000000000_15165\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000000000311b0000000000000000_15165-1\">1<\/a><\/sup><span role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"1\">\ud83d\ude42<\/span>. Anyway, here are the main takeaways from that chapter of Zhujkova\u2019s study.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15170\" style=\"width: 273px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15170\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15170\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/pexels-vincent-rivaud-2363832-263x350.jpg\" alt=\"monastery\" width=\"263\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/pexels-vincent-rivaud-2363832-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/pexels-vincent-rivaud-2363832.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430 Vincent Rivaud: Pexels<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;background: white\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">The figurative meaning of the verb <\/span><b><span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\"> has originated from Ukrainian. There are used to be a lot of phrases that talked about people having to beg for money and food under the walls of monasteries or churches because that&#8217;s what people used to do when they lost money or property. Zhujkova provides examples in Ukrainian that would translate to <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: black\">\u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043c\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0440\u0435\u043c<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">, <\/span><span style=\"color: black\">\u0441\u0442\u043e\u044f\u0442\u044c<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043c\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0440\u0435\u043c<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">, <\/span><span style=\"color: black\">\u0443\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u044c<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043c\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0440\u044c<\/span><span style=\"color: black\">, etc<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\"><strong>.<\/strong> She also talks about how people used to say that something or somebody led them to live a life of poverty and therefore beg for money and food <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">under the walls of monasteries<\/span>.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> In other words, <\/span><strong>\u043f<span style=\"color: black\">\u043e\u0439\u0442\u0438<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043c\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0440\u044c<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\"> <span lang=\"EN-US\">became associated with \u2018<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: black\">\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043d\u0438\u0449\u0438\u043c<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">\u2019<sup id=\"mfn-content-000000000000311b0000000000000000_15165-2\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"2\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000000000311b0000000000000000_15165\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000000000311b0000000000000000_15165-2\">2<\/a><\/sup><span role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"2\">become poor<\/span>. Losing one\u2019s wealth or possessions would be a very devastating situation and therefore gave these phrases a very negative tone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;background: white\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">Although no longer a popular idiom, \u2018<\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8C#:~:text=%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%20%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%20%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8C%20%E2%80%94%20%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%2C%20%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%8E%D1%89%D0%\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u043c\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0440\u044c<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\"> has essentially the same meaning as the verb <\/span><b><span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: black\"> <span lang=\"EN-US\">on its own. Have you used this verb before or heard it being used? <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">There is a popular Ukrainian <\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%A2%D0%B8_%D0%B6_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0\">song<\/a><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\"> that goes \u201c\u0422\u0438 \u0436 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u0435 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0443\u043b\u0430, <\/span><span style=\"color: black\">\u0442\u0438<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u0436<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0435<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u0456\u0434\u0432\u0435\u043b\u0430<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">\u201d?<\/span><sup id=\"mfn-content-000000000000311b0000000000000000_15165-3\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"3\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000000000311b0000000000000000_15165\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000000000311b0000000000000000_15165-3\">3<\/a><\/sup><span role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"3\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">In Russian that would be \u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: black\">\u0422\u044b<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u0436<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043e\u0431\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0443\u043b\u0430<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">, <\/span><span style=\"color: black\">\u0422\u044b<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u0436<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u043b\u0430<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">\u201d (You lied to me, you let me down).<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\"> Perhaps next time you hear it you might just be thinking of the interesting origins of the verb <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Looking for more deep dives into Russian verbs or nouns? See similar blogs here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"SxH7u7naDe\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/patience-a-la-russe\/\">Patience \u00e0 la russe<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Patience \u00e0 la russe&#8221; &#8212; Russian Language Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/patience-a-la-russe\/embed\/#?secret=Tu0FAy5KxY#?secret=SxH7u7naDe\" data-secret=\"SxH7u7naDe\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ipUEQ9CT4D\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/two-very-neat-russian-words\/\">Two very neat Russian words<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Two very neat Russian words&#8221; &#8212; Russian Language Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/two-very-neat-russian-words\/embed\/#?secret=X9bClnZClI#?secret=ipUEQ9CT4D\" data-secret=\"ipUEQ9CT4D\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul class=\"modern-footnotes-list modern-footnotes-list--show-only-for-print\"><li id=\"footnote-000000000000311b0000000000000000_15165-1\"><span>1<\/span><div>\ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"#mfn-content-000000000000311b0000000000000000_15165-1\" class=\"modern-footnotes-scroll-to-footnote\" aria-label=\"Back to reference 1 in text\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/div><\/li><li id=\"footnote-000000000000311b0000000000000000_15165-2\"><span>2<\/span><div>become poor <a href=\"#mfn-content-000000000000311b0000000000000000_15165-2\" class=\"modern-footnotes-scroll-to-footnote\" aria-label=\"Back to reference 2 in text\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/div><\/li><li id=\"footnote-000000000000311b0000000000000000_15165-3\"><span>3<\/span><div><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">In Russian that would be \u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: black\">\u0422\u044b<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u0436<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043e\u0431\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0443\u043b\u0430<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">, <\/span><span style=\"color: black\">\u0422\u044b<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u0436<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u043b\u0430<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">\u201d (You lied to me, you let me down).<\/span> <a href=\"#mfn-content-000000000000311b0000000000000000_15165-3\" class=\"modern-footnotes-scroll-to-footnote\" aria-label=\"Back to reference 3 in text\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"263\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/pexels-vincent-rivaud-2363832-263x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"monastery\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/pexels-vincent-rivaud-2363832-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/pexels-vincent-rivaud-2363832.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><p>Today is a deep dive into one Russian verb. 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