Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "again" in Russian

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опять

Meaning: again

Pronunciation: [ah-PYAHT']

Part of speech: adverb

Rank: #193 (see frequency list)

Well, you've broken the cup again!
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Example sentences:

Опя́ть ты опозда́л?
Did you come late again?
Опя́ть идёт дождь, ужа́сное ле́то!
It's raining again, it's a horrible summer!
Ну вот, опя́ть ча́шку разби́л!
Well, you've broken the cup again!
Что, опя́ть я винова́т?
So, is it my fault again?
Опя́ть же, что мы бу́дем де́лать с кни́гами?
So, again, what shall we do with the books?
Опя́ть-таки, я то́чно не зна́ю, каки́е там усло́вия.
Again, I don't know what conditions they offer there.

Idioms and set expressions:

опя́ть же = but again
опя́ть-таки = but again
опя́ть два́дцать пять = always the same
literal twenty five again
не опя́ть, а сно́ва = answer to a reproach of doing something bad more than once
literal not again, but once more

Related words:

сно́ва = again (positive meaning)
ещё раз = once more

Proverbs and sayings:

Со́рок пять - ба́ба я́годка опя́ть.
At 45 women become pretty again.
literal At 45 a woman is like a berry again.

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