Thread: behave - treat

Russians express the word behave in the following ways:
1. vesti sebya: On vedet sebya kak derevenshina.
2. postupat': On inogda postupaet tak ploxo
3. otnosit'sya + k + Datelnyi Padezh = on ontonist'sya ko mne nevezhlivo.
Correct?
So what is the optimal tranlsation for the following expression:
"You are also my friends. If you want me to treat you just as customers then my behaviour will be entirely different".
Vy tozhe moi druzya. Esli Vy xotite, chtoby ya otnosilsya k vam kak klienty, togda moe povedenie budet sovsem drugoe.
Correct?

Very good indeed, Antonio1986. There is one thing though. I think you didn't use the word "тоже" correctly. I recommend you subtitute it with "также". Examine these:

Ты тоже мой друг - You're my friend as well as another friend of mine. (Like you're my friend too)
Ты также мой друг - You're my friend in addition to everything else you're to me.

I think you sense the difference now.

However, I have to mind you that the word также sometimes have the same meaning as тоже, BUT тоже never has the meaning of также. I hope that was not too confusing.

Well, basically:

Ты также мой друг can mean the same thing as ты тоже мой друг. But ты тоже мой друг never has the sense of ты также мой друг

Finally, there is my alteration of the phrase you want to express in Russian. Just keep in mind that you're original attempt to do that is very good and you can go along with it if you like, just remember the "тоже-также" thing. What I offer here is slightly more refined version of it, in my opinion anyway

Вы мне также (и) друзья. Но если вы хотите, чтобы наши отношения были сугубо деловыми, тогда я буду относится к вам только как к клиентам

I think I understand the difference of takzhe and tozhe. But based on my experience is not so clear.

Originally Posted by Antonio1986

I think I understand the difference of takzhe and tozhe. But based on my eТуperience is not so clear.

Разницу не так просто понять или объяснить. Часто они синонимичны.
Тоже примерно = too, also, также примерно = the same way, also.
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Originally Posted by Antonio1986

Russians express the word behave in the following ways:
1. vesti sebya: On vedet sebya kak derevenshina.
2. postupat': On inogda postupaet tak ploxo
3. otnosit'sya + k + Datelnyi Padezh = on ontonist'sya ko mne nevezhlivo.
Correct?
So what is the optimal tranlsation for the following expression:
"You are also my friends. If you want me to treat you just as customers then my behaviour will be entirely different".
Vy tozhe moi druzya. Esli Vy xotite, chtoby ya otnosilsya k vam kak klienty, togda moe povedenie budet sovsem drugoe.
Correct?

Very good translation, but there is a little mistake. "Customers" is plural, "клиенту" is dative singular. So, to be correct, you should say "к клиентам" instead of "клиенту".
And "тоже" is perfectly correct in this context.