Meaning of жыцца | Babel Free

Definitions

(for life) to be like, (for life) to go (used to describe conditions of life or existence)

impersonal

Examples

“Хоць усім братом ня вельмі соладка жылося, але Меншаму Брату выпала самая горшая доля.”

Although all the brother’s lives weren’t very sweet, the Smallest Brother has got the most bitter fate.

“— Il suit de là, reprit Barbicane, sans sourciller, que cette face visible du disque doit être fort agréable à habiter, puisqu’elle regarde toujours, soit le Soleil quand la Lune est pleine, soit la Terre quand la Lune est nouvelle.”

“So, now you understand”, continued Barbicane, paying no attention to the Michel’s remarks, “that on the visible part of the disk, sélénites live well: during our full moon, the Sun is shining for them, and during our new moon, the Earth.”

“Хоць нялёгка нам жывецца, — / Ды не плача Беларус.”

Even though our lives are not simple, / A Belarusian doesn’t cry.

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