Sentence 4 in Katyusha
This is a sentence in Russian from Katyusha. It is composed of 7 words.
Выходила, песню заводила про степного сизого орла.
English translation
She came and started a song about the steppe gray eagle.
Description
Analysis of the phrase in context.
Katya begins to sing a song about a steppe gray eagle. This line introduces the theme of her song, which symbolizes freedom, strength, and perhaps the distant beloved, connecting her personal feelings to something majestic and untamed, enhancing the romantic and patriotic elements of the poem.
Word sources
A quick overview of the meaning of each word and its etymology.
| выходила | выходить | to go out | вы- (vy-) + ходи́ть (xodítʹ) |
| песню | песня | song | Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěsnь, adapted to the common ending -ня (-nja). |
| заводила | заводить | to take | за- (za-) + води́ть (vodítʹ) |
| про | про | about | Inherited from Old East Slavic про (pro), from Proto-Slavic *pro, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pra, from Proto-Indo-European *pró. |
| степного | степной | steppe | степь (stepʹ) + -но́й (-nój) |
| сизого | сизый | dove-coloured/colored | Inherited from Old East Slavic сизъ (sizŭ), from Proto-Slavic *sizъ. Possibly cognate to си́вый (sívyj). |
| орла | орел | Alternative spelling of орёл |