the particle «же»

[dzhozef-derfler.livejournal.com]

Okay, what exactly is «же»?  I know it's used for emphasis, but I don't know how...I know an example--what is(are) the difference(s) between «Ты знаешь.» and «Ты же знаешь.»?

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[ex-hectop.livejournal.com]

Ты знаешь - You know
Ты же знаешь - You ought to know

that's probably the closest analogy

Simple

[pvzh.livejournal.com]

«Ты знаешь.» = You know.
«Ты же знаешь.» = You do know.

[mr-yogurt.livejournal.com]

"Ты знаешь?" = "Do you know?"
"Ты же знаешь?" = "You know, don't you?"

[dzhozef-derfler.livejournal.com]

Ok...I think I get it now. Thank you!

[mr-yogurt.livejournal.com]

In other words, it used to accent the meaning of the next word or phrase. There is also a particle "ведь", that has similar meaning ("Ты же знаешь." = "Ты ведь знаешь.", "Я же не знал!" = "Я ведь не знал!"), the only exeption is that "ведь" makes more accent on the previous word then on the next. So can't be used instead of "же" after the word "или". For example: "Красный или же зелёный?"

[noser.livejournal.com]

I wonder, what did you get? =) They all said something entirely different from others.

[mivlad.livejournal.com]

Weren't they all correct though? ;-)

[cema.livejournal.com]

In a way.

The emphatic "do" is the closest one, I think.

[noser.livejournal.com]

Well... "You ought to know" for "Ты же знаешь" is something I strongly disagree with.

Otherwise, good, but not enough to see the trend :)

[snorapp.livejournal.com]

its the "do" thing, the emphatic do. "You do know that..."

ведь

[yms.livejournal.com]

"Ведь" means something like "as you know...". Its origin is from the verb "ведать" and it still keeps connection with it. Some phrases without "ведь" would sound stupid, e.g. "Ведь Волга впадает в Каспийское море..." when you explain something about Volgo-Don :)

[oscar-6.livejournal.com]

Here (http://lingvo.yandex.ru/cgi-bin/lingvo.pl?text=%D0%B6%D0%B5&l=%D1%A0) is a bunch of good examples from Lingvo dictionnary.