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Ðóññêèé ÿçûê

How to: ask someone to stop , and where
Prepared with the help of Ruslingua

Oñòàíîâèòå, ïîæàëóéñòà...

The verb is îñòàíîâèòü (to stop). The form used here is the imperative (used to give an instruction: îñòàíîâè - singular, îñòàíîâèòå - plural/polite).

Where you might need to stop:

Îñòàíîâèòå, ïîæàëóéñòà...
… ó âõîäà (at the entrance)
… ó âûõîäà (at the exit)
… ó ýòîãî ìàãàçèíà (at this shop here)
… ó òîãî ìàãàçèíà (at that shop there)
… ó øêîëû (at the school)
… ó ìîåãî äîìà (at my house)
… ó ìåòðî (at the metro)
nb: ó takes the genitive case

More specifically:

Îñòàíîâèòå, ïîæàëóéñòà…
… ïåðåä ñâåòîôîðîì (before the traffic lights) (instr.)
… ïåðåä ïåðåêð¸ñòêîì (before the crossroads)
… ïîñëå ñâåòîôîðà (after the traffic lights)
… ïîñëå ïåðåêð¸ñòêà (after the crossroads)
… ó ïåðåõîäà (near the pedestrian underpass)
… ó àðêè (near the archway)
… ó ùèòà (by the billboard)
… íà óãëó (on the corner) (prep.)
… íà ñëåäóþùåé óëèöå ñïðàâà (by the next street on the right)

Or more vaguely:

Îñòàíîâèòå, ïîæàëóéñòà…
… ñëåâà (on the left)
… ñïðàâà (on the right)
… ÷åðåç 20 ìåòðîâ (in 20 metres)
… çäåñü (here)
… òàì (there)

Maybe just a quick stop:

Îñòàíîâèòå, ïîæàëóéñòà…
… íà ñåêóíäó (for a moment)
… íå íàäîëãî (not for long)
… ÿ ñáåãàþ çà ñèãàðåòàìè (I’ll just run out to get cigarettes)
… ÿ ñáåãàþ ïîëîæèòü äåíüãè íà òåëåôîí (I’ll just run out to put money on my phone)

Any other instructions:

Îñòàíîâèòå, ïîæàëóéñòà...
… êàê ìîæíî áëèæå ê ïåðåõîäó (as near as possible to the underpass)
… êàê ìîæíî áëèæå ê äîìó (as near as possible to the building)
… íåìåäëåííî (immediately)







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