Пусть духи и дорогие, запах у них лёгкий и совсем не резкий.

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Breakdown of Пусть духи и дорогие, запах у них лёгкий и совсем не резкий.

• не: not
• дорогой: expensive
• совсем: at all

Questions & Answers about Пусть духи и дорогие, запах у них лёгкий и совсем не резкий.

Why is духи plural if the English meaning is perfume, which is usually singular?

In Russian, духи meaning perfume is a plural-only noun. This is called pluralia tantum.

So even when English uses singular perfume, Russian uses plural духи.

That is why the adjective is also plural:

• дорогие духи = expensive perfume

A useful comparison:

• духи = perfume
• брюки = trousers/pants
• ножницы = scissors

All of these are grammatically plural in Russian.

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What does пусть mean here? I thought it meant let.

It often does mean let, but here it has a different use.

In this sentence, пусть introduces a concession, meaning something like:

• even if
• granted that
• although

So:

• Пусть духи и дорогие...
  means something like
  Even if the perfume is expensive...
  or
  Granted, the perfume is expensive...

This is a common pattern in Russian.

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Why is there an и in ? It does not seem to mean .