собрать вещи
pack your things
Соберите вещи, через час выезжаем на вокзал.
Pack your things, we leave for the train station in an hour.
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Noun · A1 · common
вещь
Translation of вещь
thing
Russian word in Latin letters: vesch / veshch
Meaning of вещь
Russian
предмет, факт, идея или ситуация
English
object, fact, idea, or situation
Pronunciation
Russian · Male
[ˈvʲeɕː]
Russian · Female
Declension of вещь: Russian cases
Green underlined letter = stressed vowel
- Feminine
- Inanimate
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| NominativesubjectЭ́то вещь. — This is the thing. | вещьveshch | ве́щиvéshchi |
| Genitiveof; after «no»нет ве́щи — there is no thing | ве́щиvéshchi | веще́йveshchéy |
| Dativeto; towardsк ве́щи — towards the thing | ве́щиvéshchi | веща́мveshchám |
| Accusativedirect objectви́жу вещь — I see the thing | вещьveshch | ве́щиvéshchi |
| Instrumentalwith; byс ве́щью — with the thing | ве́щьюvéshchyu | веща́миveshchámi |
| Prepositionalabout; in / atо ве́щи — about the thing | ве́щиvéshchi | веща́хveshchákh |
Ending stress in the oblique plural (ве́щи, but веще́й, веща́м); мои́ ве́щи also means 'my belongings'.
Traps and common mistakes
Вещь or дело?
дело
дело = matter, affair, situation
Don't mix them up. An object — вещь; a matter or situation — дело: «Дело в том, что…» (The thing is…).
Дело в том, что я опоздал на поезд.
The thing is, I missed the train.
Эта старая вещь досталась мне от деда.
I inherited this old thing from my grandfather.
Collocations with вещь
Common Russian phrases grouped by meaning, with example sentences. Green words open their own page.
8 collocations
Things you own and use
личные вещи
personal belongings
Перед уходом из офиса не забудьте свои личные вещи.
Don't forget your personal belongings before you leave the office.
- вещи первой необходимостиessentials
- полезная вещьa useful thing
Things as ideas and facts
странная вещь
a strange thing
Вчера в метро со мной случилась странная вещь.
A strange thing happened to me on the subway yesterday.
называть вещи своими именами
call a spade a spade
Давай называть вещи своими именами: он тебя обманул.
Let's call a spade a spade: he lied to you.
- простые вещиsimple things
- важная вещьan important thing
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That thing on the table is mine.
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Та вещь на столе моя.
Put your things in the car.
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Положи свои вещи в машину.
вещь synonyms
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What's the difference between вещь, штука, and предмет
Ш
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штука
Colloquial: a thing or gadget you don't name.
П
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предмет
More neutral and formal: an object.
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вещь meaning: what does it mean?
object, fact, idea, or situation
вещь pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?
вещь is pronounced as [ˈvʲeɕː]. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.
вещь definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?
That thing on the table is mine. Translation: Та вещь на столе моя.
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