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же

[ʐɨ]Emphasises identity: very, same

Frequency rank #40 About 1 in every 330 words in Russian film and TV. The top 100 words make up 53.1% of everything said.
же #40

Meaning

  1. Emphasises identity: very, same
  2. With expressions of time and order: emphasises promptitude: very, right, immediately, without delay
  3. Marks an objection by pointing to the rationale behind said objection: after all, but

Examples

Я же сказа́л!

I told you!

тако́й же (са́мый)

the same, similar

Related

  • же also: conjunction, and, but
  • же also: noun, zhe: The name of the Cyrillic-script letter Ж.

Forms by frequency

  • же#33

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