Answer by ksbes for How should I understand the phrase "этонесутьважно"?
In old russian the verb "быть" had a форм"суть" for plural and 3rd person: "Яесть" ("Азесмь" for even older), "Онисуть", "Онсуть", "Оносуть". Especialy becase it can be easely misundestood with "to...
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In Proto-Indo-European the 3rd person singular of "is" was e̯esti and 3rd person plural was e̯sont.The first became есть in Russian and the second became суть. Thus, using суть for singular is wrong...
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It isn't. Like @turn_ said, суть an old and plural present-tense form of the verb быть, which strictly speaking has no business being used in the singular.It doesn't work. But in your authentically old...
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My attempt:whether the phrase "этонесутьважно" is grammatically correct,No. But yes, it's a relatively widespread phrase. I believe I've heard people saying it.if the phrase is incorrect, why people...
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I saw the phrase "этонесутьважно" in the Internet and then found that this phrase is often used in modern Russian.I initially supposed that "суть" is an adverb synonymous to "очень", so I initially...
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