Zakonchil on vsego-navsego piat' klassov shkoly.

English translation: Finished but 5 years of school

10:06 Nov 21, 2004
Russian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
Russian term or phrase: Zakonchil on vsego-navsego piat' klassov shkoly.
Is this possible? Doesn't this mean he didn't even finish primary school?
Emily Justice
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:21
English translation:Finished but 5 years of school
Explanation:
Yes, it's quite possible if we speak of an elderly person or a person included 3 or 4 years of study depending of the historic period (my parents finished primary school after completing 4 years, myself - after 3 years, the subsequent school years were considered as secondary school, "srednyaya shkola" in Russian).

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Yakov Tomara
Local time: 12:21
Grading comment
Thanks. I actually liked Kevin's translation best, but I needed an explanation as to why someone could leave school after just 5 years. I thought secondary education was compulsory.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1He went to school for only five years.
Jirina Nevosadova
5 +1He only made it through the fifth grade.
Kevin Kelly
4Finished but 5 years of school
Yakov Tomara


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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
He went to school for only five years.


Explanation:
Yes, this was possible earlier.

Jirina Nevosadova
Czech Republic
Local time: 10:21
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aleksandr Okunev (X): first years
6 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Finished but 5 years of school


Explanation:
Yes, it's quite possible if we speak of an elderly person or a person included 3 or 4 years of study depending of the historic period (my parents finished primary school after completing 4 years, myself - after 3 years, the subsequent school years were considered as secondary school, "srednyaya shkola" in Russian).

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Note added at 16 mins (2004-11-21 10:23:38 GMT)
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Oops! I\'ve inadvertently deleted several words: \"it\'s quite possible if we speak of an elderly person or a person with serious health problems. BTW the primary school in the USSR included 3 or 4 ...\"

Yakov Tomara
Local time: 12:21
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 2
Grading comment
Thanks. I actually liked Kevin's translation best, but I needed an explanation as to why someone could leave school after just 5 years. I thought secondary education was compulsory.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Dorene Cornwell: This is archaic or maybe British usage
2 days 7 hrs
  -> Thanks, noted, I've just copied the asker's phrase
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1 day 40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
He only made it through the fifth grade.


Explanation:
Or: He only has a fifth-grade education.

Kevin Kelly
Local time: 05:21
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dorene Cornwell
1 day 7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Dorene.
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