Terms containing why in the first place | all forms
| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | why did you speak about it in the first place? | зачем вы вообще об этом говорили? |
| emph. | why he should have been there in the first place | почему он вообще там оказался (Yet, there was no sign of anyone having climbed the pile, nothing to see there anyway, and the man who had found the body would swear that it had not been there just hours earlier. There was also no evidence at all that Adamski knew anyone in Todmorden and no clear reason why he should have been there in the first place.  mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | why do something in the first place | зачем вообще (4uzhoj) |
| disappr. | why is there a need + infinitive + in the first place | зачем вообще нужно (Why is there a need to demo the viaducts in the first place? They are an important east-west connection out of downtown. ART Vancouver) |
| quot.aph. | why write it in the first place? | зачем вообще это писать? (Alex_Odeychuk) |