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зачем/почему?
Are these words interchangeable? Or are there specific instances when you would use one and not the other?
Aug 6, 2014 3:20 PM
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зачем?- what for?
почему?-why?
August 6, 2014
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Зачем - это "с какой целью". Почему - это "по какой причине".
Почему птицы летают? Потому что движения крыльев создают подъёмную силу.
Зачем птицы летают? Чтоб добывать себе пищу, перемещаться на большие расстояния.
August 6, 2014
5
I ate. Why?
зачем? => in order to reduce my hunger and just to get more energy.
почему? => i was hungry.
August 6, 2014
Its not interchangeable.
Зачем - we are talking about goals
Почему - we are talking about the reason
Зачем я пойду туда? Why will I go there? What will I get there?
Почему я пошел туда? What is the reason for pushing me to go there?
October 31, 2014
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