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словно

словно

Russian

Conjunction

сло́вно (slóvno)

  1. like, as if
    Деревья крепкие, сло́вно саманы затвердели под горячей солнцем.
    Derevʹja krepkije, slóvno samany zatverdeli pod gorjačej solncem.
    The trees are sturdy, like adobes hardened under the hot sun.
  2. as it were
    Небо бы́ло бело, сло́вно в пурге.
    Nebo býlo belo, slóvno v purge.
    The sky was white, as it were in a snowstorm.

Particle

сло́вно (slóvno)

  1. it seems (that), it looks like (for expressing conditional, imaginary, or apparent things or action)
    Мне сло́вно я ви́дел единорога, кото́рый лета́л на не́бе.
    Mne slóvno ja vídel jedinoroga, kotóryj letál na nébe.
    It looks like to me that I'm seeing a unicorn that is flying in the sky.

Usage notes

  • The meaning of бы (by) is already implied. Hence сло́вно бы (slóvno by) is the same as словно.
  • Due to the invisible бы (by) in the conjunction and particle словно, the finite verb in either of the usages must have a finite verb that is a past tense.

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