ničeho nechápaje


Význam: Alexandr Semjonovič nic nechápal (a pohlédl vzhůru)

Gramatika: chápaje - present verbal adverb masc. sg. of chápat, impf. (describes the state of A. Semjonovič when he looked up); ničeho - use of the genitive instead of accusative for the object of a negated verb is archaic/bookish.

anglicky: not understanding anything, (A. Semjonovič looked up)