чё
See also: че, чэ, and -че
Russian
Alternative forms
- чо (čo)
- шо (šo) (Southern European Russia, Ukraine)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ɕɵ]
Pronoun
чё • (čo)
- (nonstandard, low colloquial, proscribed) Contraction of чего́ (čevó).
- Спроси́ у неё, чё ей на́до.
- Sprosí u nejó, čó jej nádo.
- Ask her, what she wants.
- (nonstandard, low colloquial, proscribed) Contraction of что (što).
- Ну чё, пойдём?
- Nu čó, pojdjóm?
- Well (so what), let's go?
- Чё, серьёзно?
- Čó, serʹjózno?
- What, seriously?
Usage notes
- The term is seldom used in writing, only to convey the actual colloquial pronunciation.
- The term can only replace the interrogative pronoun, not the conjunction что (što).