No. 508 in Russian
недавно
Recently.
In a sentence
Я недавно прочитал интересную книгу.
I recently read an interesting book.
The word 'недавно' emphasizes a recent activity.
Недавно я начал изучать новый язык.
I recently started learning a new language.
Here, 'недавно' indicates the starting point in the near past.
Мы только недавно вернулись из отпуска.
We just recently returned from vacation.
In this sentence, 'недавно' conveys that the action occurred not long ago.
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