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
case	masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
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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