как

conjunction

as; like (when beginning a clause after a verb or short-form adjective + ​так (же)​; introducing an object or scenario of comparison; can also be "how" + pronoun + verb in this case, or even just "how", if a verb and pronoun already exist)
широ́кий как мо́ре (as) wide as the sea
бу́дьте как до́ма make yourself at home
как наро́чно as (ill) luck would have it
как ви́дно apparently
Она́ звучи́т так (же), как в фи́льмах. She sounds the same as / like (she does) in the films. / She sounds (like) how she does in the films.
Они́ располо́жены так (же), как на схе́ме. They are positioned as/like (they are) on the diagram. / They are positioned (like) how they are on the diagram. / They are positioned (in) the same way as on the diagram.
Они́ говоря́т не так, как говори́м мы. They don't talk (like) how we talk. / They don't talk like we talk.
conversational when; since
как пойдёшь, зайди́ за мной call in for me when you go
like, as (same / similar manner)
Она́ вы́глядит как знамени́тость. She looks like a celebrity.
Звук «г», как в сло́ве «good». The sound "g", like/as in the word "good".
Он относи́лся к э́тому как к рабо́те. He treated it like/as a job.
Бу́дьте как до́ма. Make yourself at home. (lit. “Be like at home.”)
as (in the capacity/role of)
бу́дучи about the subject only в ка́честве
Я люблю́ её как челове́ка. I love her as a person.
as, since (because, due to the fact that)
так как more common
И как он до́лго не приходи́л, обе́дать ста́ли без него́. And since he hadn't arrived for a long time, they began to have lunch without him.
as (introducing an object or scenario of comparison) (when beginning a clause after ​так (же)​ + a short-form adjective or adverb)
Они́ так (же) краси́вы, как на фотогра́фиях. They're as beautiful as (they are) on the photos.
Их не так мно́го, как ка́жется. There aren't as many of them as it seems.
connects a verb of perception (see, hear, etc.) with a verb phrase describing an action being perceived (usually not translated)
Я подслу́шал, как он говори́л с мое́й сестро́й. I overheard him talking to my sister.
Я ви́дела, как она́ ходи́ла за ним в шко́ле. I saw her following him around in school. (lit. “I saw how she was following him around in school.”)
Я по́мню, как она́ пла́кала в раздева́лке. I remember her crying in the changing room. (lit. “I remember how she was crying in the changing room.”)
conversational Used to emphasise the insignificance of something, that something isn't special. (between a duplicated noun)
В рука́х Мо́ны Ли́зы нет ничего́ необы́чного. Ру́ки как ру́ки. There's nothing unusual about the Mona Lisa's hands. They're just hands.
Паца́н как паца́н, норма́льный ма́льчик. He's just a guy, a normal boy.
with a negative or interrogative except, besides, other than
Бо́льше не́кому, как тебе́. There's no one but you.
Кто, как не мы? Who else, if not us?
used in the following idiomatic expressions
он вошёл в то вре́мя, как они́ чита́ли he came in while they were reading
до того́ как till, until
тогда́ как, ме́жду тем как, в то вре́мя как whereas, while (при противопоставлении)
как раз just, exactly
как раз то the very thing; that's just the ticket
как вдруг when all at once
как..., так и both ... and
как а́рмия, так и флот both the army and the navy; the army as well as the navy
как наприме́р as for instance
как раз то, что мне ну́жно just what I want, the very thing I want
э́ти ту́фли мне как раз these shoes are just right
как бу́дто, как бы as if, as though
как бы в шу́тку as if in jest
э́то бы́ло как бы отве́том
DAT to something
it was, as it were, a reply; it w as a kind of reply
как то́лько as soon as; the moment ...
как попа́ло anyhow; any old way; helter-skelter
with a verb in the subjunctive used in the following idiomatic expressions
как бы он не опозда́л! I hope he is not late!
бою́сь, как бы он не опозда́л I am afraid (that) he may be late
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