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    get well soon / feel better

    how would a russian say it...


    (i know there is a reflexive verb commonly used to express this.... but for some reason i cannot remember it... )

    anyone care to help?


    spasibo

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    поправляться/чувствовать себя лучше ?
    -- Да? Коту Ваське, бл##?
    -- Нет, Я кот Васька :-/

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    выздоравливать
    Could you please occasionally correct my stupid errors!
    Korrigiert bitte ab und zu meine dummen Fehler!

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    I think поправляться is the best reflexive verb meaning 'get better'.
    "A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read"
    Mark Twain
    American author/essayist (1835-1910)
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    If you are talking to a person who is ill, you can say either "Выздоравливай скорее" or "Поправляйся скорее". Both verbs are frequently used.

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