Questions tagged [particles]

I know that the particle же is used to remind someone of something they should already know. For instance, say my friend and I posted a nasty comment on someone’s Facebook, but then quickly deleted it. Then that person seemed angry with me a few…

I recently got the following sentence from Duolingo: "хотя они все и великие писатели, вашa ученицa их не знает". Being a beginner, I'm confused by the 'и', which I'm interpreting as 'and' — clearly incorrectly. What role does the 'и' play here? If…

In this passage, in response to a story about candies that contained Radium, does ведь have the force of "you see, I tried..." or does it justify the previous statement (exclamation) like a sort of "I say this because I tried..." or does it imply…