Question 1

The current lesson focuses on всё-таки and всё же, but this sentence uses всё равно. Could I use one of those instead?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can! всё равно translates closely to 'anyway' or 'all the same,' focusing on the fact that the rain doesn't change your plans. If you swap in всё-таки or всё же, it sounds slightly more like 'nevertheless' or 'despite that.' In this everyday context, they mean basically the same thing and are highly interchangeable.

Question 2

Could I say Идёт дождь instead of Дождь идёт?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely. In fact, Идёт дождь (verb first) is the neutral, default way to announce that it is raining. By putting the noun first (Дождь идёт), the speaker places a slight emphasis on the rain itself as the topic—likely because they were just looking at it or discussing it before deciding to go anyway.

Question 3

Why use the perfective future пойдём instead of the imperfective будем идти?

Accepted Answer

We use the perfective пойдём because the speaker is talking about the concrete result of setting off and making the trip. If you used the imperfective будем идти, it would literally mean 'we will be in the process of walking,' which sounds unnatural when you just want to declare 'we will go.'

Question 4

I remember learning мне всё равно meaning 'I don't care.' Is this the exact same phrase?

Accepted Answer

It is the exact same phrase, just used differently! When paired with a pronoun in the dative case (like мне), it literally means 'to me it is all equal,' hence 'I don't care.' Here, used on its own as an adverbial phrase, it means 'it is all equal (regardless of the circumstances),' which translates smoothly to 'anyway' or 'all the same.'

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