bre
mate, man (emphatic particle; very colloquial, friends only)
же, ну (нажим, досада); эй (разгов., только со своими, не в офисе)
With stress
brȅ
In Cyrillic
бре
Examples from the lessons
In phrasebooks
Appears in lessons
- Direct addressThe imperativeTag & confirmation questionsParticles & modal wordsInterjections & onomatopoeiaWords from TurkishExpressing opinionInterviews & formal encounters
Appears in immersion pieces
Contractor vs employee: why you can’t “do nothing” · Quitting caffeine… to learn latte art · Five minutes over rocks—and there's the view! · Potions to break up—or travel successfully · A “hidden base” in Belgrade: what was it? · Champagne Sprays & Sudden Love for Doctors · A fan doesn’t recognize Kika—then sings her track · Delivery to the ICU: where to leave the order? · Life from below: oven, closet, and fridge top · 285 km/h—and why he backed off · You can be happy anywhere · “Is it all a joke?”: his excuses · Barefoot training and the sneaker story · Crystal-clear river and a crooked shepherd’s stick · Found cash in pockets—still not a plan · Nolan and the Character Who Carries the Movie · They demand an African dish
Next to it in the phrasebook
- mȁoh come on; nah (dismissing, disagreeing; only at the start of a…
- bȁšexactly, just (so); really (intensifier); not really, not exactly…
- vàljdapresumably, I suppose; hopefully
- ȅtothere it is (by you); there you go; so (summing up)
- jȁoouch!; oh no! (pain, alarm, sympathy); oh! (annoyance, delight)
- zȁrreally? (doubting); surely not
- dȅcome on; go on (coaxing, before an imperative; colloquially also gde…
- ȅnoover there, there (pointing far off; + Gen.; compare evo, ‘here’)
- čȕjlisten; hey (to get attention, at the start of a reply)
- ìzgledāit seems; apparently (usually at the start of a sentence; neutral)