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Kerensky · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:37 pm Post subject: Help with a few words

Hi,
I was wondering if the words "ждут лета" could mean something other than "await the years"? Thanks!

Camrade · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 11:03 pm Post subject:

no,
"ждут лета" means "they are waiting for the summer" Smile

but there's no word "они" ("they") so this sentence is a bit shortened and maybe it was taken from the context which explains who's the subject.

Kerensky · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 4:57 am Post subject:

Thank you, my text makes more sense now.

mediashark · Moderator Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 1601

'let' can also translate into 'years' (gen. pl), depending on the context.

Camrade · Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 5:19 pm Post subject:

"лет" is not "лета"
"лета" is an old slavic plural form of the word "год", right oficial form is "лет" but this old form also doesn't suit to this context Smile

so... "лета" is "summer" in accusative form