Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "other" in Russian

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другой

Meaning: other, another, different

Pronunciation: [droo-GOY]

Part of speech: pronoun

Rank: #64 (see frequency list)

 Example sentences:
  • Дава́й поговори́м об э́том в друго́й раз.
  • Let's talk about that another time.
  • Один человек идёт, а другой стоит.
  • One person is walking and another one is standing.
  • Это друго́е де́ло.
  • That is another story. (That is quite different.)
  • Мне нравится и тот, и другой.
  • I like both of them. (literally: I like that and another)
  • На друго́й день они́ пошли́ в кино́.
  • The next day, they went to the movies.
  • Мы переехали на другое место.
  • We moved to a different place.
  • У вас есть другие идеи?
  • Do you have any other ideas?


 Idioms and set expressions:
  • другое дело = different story; another matter
  • один за другим = one after another
  • на другой день = the next day
  • кто-то другой = somebody else
  • никто другой = nobody else
  • и тот и другой = both
  • заботится о других = to think of others / other people
  • другими словами = in other words
  • в другом месте = elsewhere; somewhere else
  • c одной стороны... с друго́й стороны́... = on the one hand... on the other hand
  • совсем другое дело = another pair of shoes
 Other forms of the word (declensions):
case
singular
plural
masculine
neuter
feminine
Nominative
друго́й
друго́е
друга́я
други́е
Genitive
друго́го
друго́го
друго́й
други́х
Dative
друго́му
друго́му
друго́й
други́м
Accusative
(anim/inanim)
друго́го/
друго́й
друго́е
другу́ю
други́х/
други́е
Instrumental
други́м
други́м
друго́й (друго́ю)
други́ми
Prepositional
друго́м
друго́м
друго́й
други́х
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Word recordings: Copyright(c) 2006 Streit Goulnara, Streit Eric, Vion Nicolas. Copyright(c) 2007 S. Sakhno, N. Vion. Distributed under CC-BY.



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