возвращайся к работе
vozvrashchaysya k rabote
The English phrase "get back to work" is translated into Russian as возвращайся к работе (vozvrashchaysya k rabote).
This phrase is used as a command telling someone to return to the task they were performing.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of the imperative verb возвращайся (return/go back) and the prepositional phrase к работе (to work).
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
The default form возвращайся к работе is informal and should only be used with someone you know well or someone of lower social status. If you want to be formal, use Возвращайтесь к работе. Additionally, the informal phrase Давай, за работу! can be used to mean "Let's get to work!"
How does it change in a sentence?
The default form возвращайся к работе is the singular informal imperative. Use возвращайтесь к работе when addressing more than one person or when using a formal tone.
How do you pronounce it?
vozvrashchaysya k rabote
Did you know?
- While работа means 'work', it is also the root of the word раб, which means 'slave'.
- The word работа is a loanword from the Old German word 'arbeit', which originally referred to arduous or difficult labor.
- The word давай, used in the phrase Давай, за работу!, literally means 'give', but here it functions as a motivational particle similar to 'come on'.
Examples in context
- Возвращайся к работе!Get back to work!This sentence is useful for expressing the command "Get back to work!" using the phrase возвращайся к работе.Tatoeba #2493835 by marafon, translation #2006521 by Spamster
- Возвращайтесь к работе, у нас много задач.Get back to work, we have many tasks
- Скорее возвращайся к работе.Skoreye vozvrashchaysya k rabote.Get back to work quickly.
- Хватит болтать, возвращайся к работе.Khvatit boltat', vozvrashchaysya k rabote.Stop chatting, get back to work.
Example conversation
A manager speaks to an employee in an office.
- Дмитрий DmitryЕкатерина, почему ты не за компьютером?Ekaterina, pochemu ty ne za kompyuterom?Ekaterina, why aren't you at your computer?
- Екатерина EkaterinaЯ просто на минуту вышла за водой.Ya prosto na minutu vyshla za vodoy.I just stepped out for a minute to get some water.
- Дмитрий DmitryХорошо, теперь возвращайся к работе.Khorosho, teper' vozvrashchaysya k rabote.Fine, now get back to work.
- Екатерина EkaterinaДа, Дмитрий, я уже иду.Da, Dmitriy, ya uzhe idu.Yes, Dmitriy, I'm going already.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
