Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "like" in Russian

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вроде

Meaning: like, such as, sort of, kind of

Pronunciation: [VROH-dee]

Part of speech: preposition, particle

Rank: #359 (see frequency list)

Her country house is like yours but a little bit bigger.
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Example sentences:

У неë да́ча вро́де твое́й, то́лько побо́льше.
Her country house is like yours but a little bit bigger.
literal At her dacha like yours only bigger.
Э́то бы́ло не́что вро́де мотоци́кла.
It was a sort of a motorcycle.
literal It was something like a motorcycle.
Она́ писа́ла что́-то вро́де мемуáров.
She was writing a sort of memorandums.
literal She was writing something like memorandum.
Как? Ты в университе́те! Ты вро́де заболе́л!
How is it possible? Are you at university? Weren't you ill?
Странно: она́ вро́де сказа́ла, что обяза́тельно придёт.
It's weird: didn't she say she'd come for sure?
Вро́де бы взро́слые лю́ди, а весь день в компью́тер игра́ют.
I thought they were adults already but they play computer all day.
Ты же вро́де как сдал на права́.
Haven't you passed your driving test?

Idioms and set expressions:

что́-то вро́де = something like
не́что вро́де = something like
что́-то вро́де э́того = something like that
вро́де бы = it seemed to me that
вро́де как = it seemed to me that

Related words:

ка́жется = it seems
похо́же = apparently

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