How can one translate the word "Нате"?

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I've seen take it, take that, get and catch? Are all valid or are there other ways?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 04 '15 at 01:32

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These are all valid.

На is a particle you sometimes use in speech when "giving" something to a person, verbally encouraging them to "take, get" it. Often used in the beginning of a sentence, or as a one-word sentence. Its plural/polite form is "нате", though, strictly speaking, their usage differs a bit.

This "take it" meaning gives rise to a few metaphorical uses in set expressions. In such expressions на and нате are not, as a rule, interchangeable.

answered May 04 '15 at 01:32

Shady_arc

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Can I use HATE in the context of getting or catching a person. Or is only used in 'giving' to a person? – martin May 04 '15 at 02:27
@martin You cannot. In its primary meaning it is used by a giver towards a person they give something to. – Shady_arc May 04 '15 at 02:34

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 04 '15 at 03:32

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It is interjection на in plural.

answered May 04 '15 at 03:32

Anixx

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 08 '15 at 19:30

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You can translate it as "Here you are"

answered May 08 '15 at 19:30

Sergei Shakun

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 03 '15 at 11:38

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Yes, there are all that three meanings in this word

answered May 03 '15 at 11:38

Za_Dolber

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 07 '15 at 21:58

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It's can be short form of russian girl name "Наталья", short form is "Ната".
Or "take it", how answer Shady_arc

answered May 07 '15 at 21:58

Andrey Vorobyev

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A correction: it could be written on an envelope (To whom - Нате). – Artemix May 09 '15 at 08:25

score -1 · Answer 6 · answered May 03 '15 at 12:18

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Translate into what language? And how the phrases you bring are connected with the word hate?

answered May 03 '15 at 12:18

Серж

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try to read it in Russian :) – Ivan May 03 '15 at 14:07
Oh, clear! I read it in English! That is why I didn't get the point. ))) – Серж May 03 '15 at 16:08
This question was probably inspired by http://russian.stackexchange.com/a/8623/5423 – Golden Cuy May 04 '15 at 02:41

How can one translate the word "Нате"?

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