negative adverbs (2)

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Russian "Potential" Negative Adverbs Russian uses a specific set of negative adverbs to express that an action is impossible because the necessar...

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Why didn’t you call me last night?

Почему ты не позвонил мне вчера вечером?

Pochemu ty ne pozvonil mne vchera vecherom?

I had no time even to catch my breath because of work.

Мне некогда было даже перевести дух из-за работы.

Mne nekogda bylo dazhe perevesti dukh iz-za raboty.

We have to move soon, but there is nowhere to go.

Нам нужно скоро переезжать, но ехать совершенно некуда.

Nam nuzhno skoro pereyezzhat’, no yekhat’ sovershenno nekuda.

That’s a terrible situation; the housing market is a mess.

Это ужасная ситуация, на рынке жилья настоящий хаос.

Eto uzhasnaya situatsiya, na rynke zhilya nastoyashchiy khaos.

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