всё-таки

Russian

Alternative forms

  • всётки (vsjótki)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfsʲɵtəkʲɪ]
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Particle

всё-таки • (vsjo-taki)

  1. still, all the same, nevertheless, for all that (with a tone of regret)

Conjunction

всё-таки • (vsjo-taki)

  1. and again, and yet, however, yet (reinforcing something)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Daniil Kharms, Рассказы для детей [Stories for Children]:
      Бегом бежи́т, а всё-таки отстаёт.
      Begom bežít, a vsjo-taki otstajót.
      He runs quickly, and all the same falls behind.
    • 1999, Victor Pelevin, Generation "П":
      Всё-таки, — поду́мал он, — э́то что́-то вро́де многоярусного гаража́
      Vsjo-taki, — podúmal on, — éto štó-to vróde mnogojarusnovo garažá
      However, – he thought, – it's some kind of multistory garage.
    • 1866, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Преступление и наказание [Crime and Punishment]:
      И вот, зная вперёд, что не даст, вы всё-таки отправляетесь в путь и...
      I vot, znaja vperjód, što ne dast, vy vsjo-taki otpravljajetesʹ v putʹ i...
      And so, knowing in advance, that he will not give any, you nevertheless you still set off on your way and...
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