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user-inactivated  ·  2550 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Teaching is Fulfilling: what TFG's been up to #3

    For "so it is,"

Imma dummy. "В самом деле" does the trick.

    I also struggled with conveying the idea of "what if x?"

"Что, если" or, in this context, "Вдруг" should do the trick.

    Что, если вещи вокруг тебя

    Горящий шелом?

    Что, если знакомые изгибы

    Оказались сном?

The "горящий шелом" is the reference to the Russian saying "На воре и шапка горит", "шелом" being the old Slavic spelling of "шлем", 'helmet'. It's a convoluted outcry to the English "liar, liar, pants on fire" from my tired brain.