Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "but" in Russian

This Russian word is one of the top 1000 words in Russian. The complete list of most common Russian words is available here.

однако

Meaning: but, yet, still, however, though, nevertheless

Pronunciation: [ahd-NAH-kuh]

Part of speech: conjunction

Rank: #212 (see frequency list)

 Example sentences:
  • Ему́ то́лько три го́да, одна́ко он уже́ уме́ет чита́ть и писа́ть.
  • He's only three years old, but he can already read and write.
  • Моя́ подру́га — о́чень до́брая де́вушка, одна́ко сли́шком наи́вная.
  • My friend is a very kind girl but too naïve.
  • Ты уже́ взро́слый, одна́ко до сих пор не уме́ешь реша́ть свои́ пробле́мы самостоя́тельно.
  • You are already a grown up, but you still can't work out your problems on your own.
  • Ви́ка прие́хала два дня наза́д. Я, одна́ко, не знал об э́том.
  • Vika arrived two days ago. I didn't know about it, though.
  • Мы опозда́ли на полчаса́, одна́ко конфере́нция ещё не нача́лась.
  • We were 30 minutes late, but the conference hadn't started yet.
  • Э́тот сотру́дник рабо́тает здесь неда́вно, одна́ко у него́ уже́ большо́й о́пыт обще́ния с клие́нтами.
  • This employee has not been working here for long but he already has broad experience of dealing with clients.
  • Мы рассчи́тывали на Алексе́я, одна́ко он не пришёл на встре́чу.
  • We were counting on Aleksey, but he didn’t turn up at the meeting.
  • На́ши конкуре́нты, похо́же, уже́ подгото́вили презента́цию. Мы, одна́ко, торопи́ться не бу́дем: ну́жно изучи́ть все "за" и "про́тив" на́шего прое́кта.
  • It seems that our competitors have already prepared their presentation. However, we are not going to rush: we should examine all the pros and cons of our project.
  • Э́то утвержде́ние, одна́ко, явля́ется спо́рным и тре́бует подтвержде́ния фа́ктами.
  • This statement, however, is arguable and requires evidence.
  • Дми́трий был увере́н, что всё бу́дет так, как он сплани́ровал. Одна́ко, всё случи́лось по-друго́му.
  • Dmitry was sure that everything would be the way he had planned. However, it happened in a different way.


 Idioms and set expressions:
  • одна́ко же = though, however, nevertheless
  • и одна́ко = but
 Related words:
  • но = but
  • но всё же = and still
  • тем не ме́нее = nevertheless, however

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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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