Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "to exist" in Russian

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существовать

Meaning: to exist, to be

Pronunciation: [soo-shees-tvuh-VAHT']

Part of speech: verb (imperfective aspect, no pair)

Rank: #568 (see frequency list)



You don't live, you exist!
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 Example sentences:
  • Для э́того слóва существу́ет перевóд?
  • Is there a translation for this word?
  •  literal  Does the translation of this word exist?
  • Cуществу́ют лю́ди, у котóрых есть порази́тельные спосóбности.
  • There're people who have astounding abilities.
  •  literal  People exist who have extraordinal faculties.
  • В э́том райóне существу́ет реáльная опácность землетрясéния.
  • There's a real danger of earthquake in this region.
  •  literal  In this region exist a real danger of earthquake.
  • Существу́ют рáзные мнéния об э́том заболевáнии.
  • There're different opinions about this illness.
  •  literal  Different opinions exist about this illness.
  • Любви́ для негó не существует.
  • Love doesn't exist for him.
  • Вдруг джин исчéз, как бу́дто егó и не существовáло вóвсе.
  • Suddenly the genie disappeared, as if he didn't exist at all.
  • Почему́ ты не мóжешь прócто ей позвони́ть? Для чегó же cуществу́ет телефóн?
  • Why can't you simply call her? What does the phone exist for?
  • Без теáтра онá прócто не моглá cуществовáть.
  • She simply couldn't live without theatre.
  •  literal  She simply couldn't exist without theatre.
  • Онá cуществовáла тóлько на роди́тельские дéньги.
  • She was living only on her parents' money.
  •  literal  She existed only on her parents' money.
  • Ты же не живëшь, ты существу́ешь!
  • You don't have a nice life!
  •  literal  You don't live, you exist!


 Idioms and set expressions:
  • существу́ет мнéние, что... = there's an opinion that...
      literal  there exists an opinion that...
  • он не живëт, а существу́ет = he doesn't have a nice life
      literal  he doesn't live, he exists
  • перестáть существовáть = be closed
      literal  stop to exist
  • cуществовáть безбéдно = to live without economic problems
      literal  exist without poverty
 Related words:
  • существó = creature
  • сущécтвенный = essential, important
  • cущécтвенно = considerably
  • cу́щность = essence
  • быть = to be, exist
 Proverbs and sayings:
  • Мы́слю, слéдовательно я существу́ю. (Р.Декарт)
  • I think, therefore I am. (R.Descartes)

Vocabulary lesson: By Russificate blog exclusively for MasterRussian

Phrase recordings: Copyright(c) 2011 MasterRussian.com. All rights reserved.
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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