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[upthera44.livejournal.com]

If you want to say someone was standing in the dark, would you say
"Он стоял в мраке," or "Он стоял в темноте"?

Which is more conversational -- 'мрак' or 'темнота'?

Comments

[oryx_and_crake]

first, it is "во мраке"

second, мрак is more poetical, so in everyday speech you would rather say в темноте

[upthera44.livejournal.com]

ok, thanks

[1-randomplay.livejournal.com]

you also can use "во мраке" as a jocular point in conversation

[ex-forest-l.livejournal.com]

+1

[sha-lun.livejournal.com]

And 'мрак' sometimes mean 'total darkness'.

[wire-shock.livejournal.com]

мрак is poetic but it is also used as a jocular exclamation: "shocking!" (probably influenced by the book "12 Chairs").

[paffka.livejournal.com]

Можно и так и так, только "он стоял ВО мраке".

[oryx_and_crake]

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