Da, priam seichas zhestoko priam shchemiat.

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Russian term or phrase:Da, priam seichas zhestoko priam shchemiat.
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Entered by: Natalie

12:25 Apr 5, 2004
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Russian term or phrase: Da, priam seichas zhestoko priam shchemiat.
interview with injecting drug user

A drug user is asked:
To est', koroche, musora da okolo aptek real'no shchemiat, da priam?
He replies:
Da, priam seichas zhestoko priam shchemiat.

I am not sure about the use of 'priam' . Is it just the same as 'priamo'?
I don't fully understand his response, in particular the use of 'zhestoko'. Is he simply saying that the police are very rough when they are making arrests?
Emily Justice
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:13
1.priam- priamo- straight-honest;2.right at this place?really are they so close to pharmacies...?
Explanation:
I think that "da priam?" in the question closer to "really?""are you honest?"-neuzeli vpravdu? chestno?( the interviewer wants to be sure and asks more insistently).Are they really making arests at the places near the pharmacies?
The answer- exactly,there,right now and really bad.
As far I know,"da priam" often uses for - like "I can't imagine,can't believe,it cannot be too bad".
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Ann Nosova
United States
Local time: 16:13
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Thanks to all answerers. This is rather tricky!
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4Yes, cops are really cracking down (right now) on us nowadays
Andrey Belousov (X)
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nuclear
4right now severely just (verb up to you)
Сергей Лузан
41.priam- priamo- straight-honest;2.right at this place?really are they so close to pharmacies...?
Ann Nosova


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Yes, cops are really cracking down (right now) on us nowadays


Explanation:
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Andrey Belousov (X)
United States
Local time: 17:13
Native speaker of: Russian
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Explanation:
"Priam" in affirmative is more of a filler noise (Da priam? in the beginning of the sentence means disbelief, so in a sence the last two words of the interviewer mean "is that so?" - not impliying disbelief here, but rather meaning he expects a positive answer)
In the answer "pryam" is used more or less as an emphatic "indeed"

"Shchemit" is very informal for "suppress", "be hard on"...
"Zhestoko" is colloquialy used as a general emphatic adjetive - for example, the expressions "zhestoko napilsia", or "zhestoko pogulyaly" - do not necessarily refer to crude behavior, it can be just scope.

nuclear
Local time: 00:13
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

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neutral  Ann Nosova: about the "priam" is from Russian "priamo";agree with the other two
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right now severely just (verb up to you)


Explanation:
That's meant. Good luck, russiaconnect!

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 00:13
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1.priam- priamo- straight-honest;2.right at this place?really are they so close to pharmacies...?


Explanation:
I think that "da priam?" in the question closer to "really?""are you honest?"-neuzeli vpravdu? chestno?( the interviewer wants to be sure and asks more insistently).Are they really making arests at the places near the pharmacies?
The answer- exactly,there,right now and really bad.
As far I know,"da priam" often uses for - like "I can't imagine,can't believe,it cannot be too bad".

Ann Nosova
United States
Local time: 16:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
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Thanks to all answerers. This is rather tricky!
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