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"почему" is the question of reason: - Почему ты купил лекарство?(WHY did you buy medicine?) - Потому что моя мама больна.(Because my mom is sick.) "зачем" is the question of goal: - Зачем ты купил лекарство?(FOR WHAT did you buy medicine?) - За тем, чтобы моя мама выздоровела.(For my mom gets recovered after sickness)
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почему لماذا зачем لاجل ماذا
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ADD to the previous answer: With inanimate being you more often use ПОЧЕМУ. ЗАЧЕМ is for purpose ПОЧЕМУ is for reason (mostly in the past - reasons that led to some result)
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I'd say there is no difference between generaly and you can use bith of them as synonyms. But зачем could be used for expression wonder or discontent. Compere these: — почему ты выбросил хлеб (neutral question, asking person wants to know the reason) — потому что он испортился. — зачем ты выбросил хлеб? (more indignation, that could mean that asking person had some purpose on the bread) Ты что, не знал, что я хотел сделать из него гренки.

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