Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "where" in Russian

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где

Meaning: where

Pronunciation: [gdyeh]

Part of speech: adverb

Rank: #69 (see frequency list)

So, where are we meeting?
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Example sentences:

Ну чтó, где встречáемся?
So, where are we meeting?
Где вы отдыхáли в прóшлом году́?
Where did you go on holidays last year?
Я не пóмню, где тóчно они́ познакóмились.
I do not remembet where exactly they met.
Где же ты, моя́ мóлодость?
Where are you, my youth?
Ты ужé обéдал где-нибу́дь?
Did you have lunch somewhere yet?
Мóжет, где и уви́димся в бу́дущем.
We will probably meet somewhere in the future.
Я развécил объявлéние вездé, где тóлько мóжно.
I put the advert everywhere I could.
literal I put the advert everywhere where it was only possible.
Где бы онá ни рабóтала, онá всегдá добивáлась больши́х успéха.
Wherever she worked, she always scored great successes.
Где бы они́ не жи́ли, вездé cтарáлись сохраня́ть ру́сские тради́ции.
Whereever they lived, they always tried to preserve Russian traditions.
Где уж мне поня́ть, что ты там имéeшь в виду́!
How can I understand indeed what you mean! (ironic)
literal Where can I understand, what you mean!
Где он тóлько ни учи́лся: у негó ведь три вы́сших образовáния.
He studied in many places, he has three degrees!
literal Where did he only study, he has three degrees!

Idioms and set expressions:

где бы ни = whereever
где бы то ни́ было = no matter where
где уж нам! = that's beyond us
Бог весть где = somewhere (ironic)
нéвесть где = somewhere (ironic)

Related words:

где-то = somewhere
где-нибу́дь = somewhere
нéгде = there is no place
нигдé = nowhere

Proverbs and sayings:

Где щи, там и нас ищи́.
Look for us where the tshi (Russian cabbage soup) is.
Не знáешь, где найдëшь, где потеря́ешь.
Easy come, easy go.
literal You never know where you will find and where you will lose.
Ры́ба и́щет где глу́бже, а человéк - где лу́чше.
He makes his home where the living is best.
literal A fish seeks where it's deeper, and a man where it's better.

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