Thread: Is this good Russian?

I learned the meanings of these two phrases, but the syntax is so odd, I wonder what you native Russian speakers think of them?

"без нас займут лучшие места."
English: "we won't get good seats."


"Тому стало здорово не по себе"
English: "He started to get worried"

Is this how Russians would usually express themselves??

Originally Posted by Siriusly

I learned the meanings of these two phrases, but the syntax is so odd, I wonder what you native Russian speakers think of them?

"без нас займут лучшие места."
English: "we won't get good seats."


"Тому стало здорово не по себе"
English: "He started to get worried"

Is this how Russians would usually express themselves??

без наc займут лучшие места - (they) will occupy the best seats without us.

Тому стало здорово не по себе - he felt uneasy.

It's something that can be found in some literature but seldon in the spoken language.

Спасибо!

How would you say in Russian: Hurry, so we can get good seats!
I would write: Спешим, надо быстро достать хорошие места!

Originally Posted by Siriusly

Спасибо!

How would you say in Russian: Hurry, so we can get good seats!
I would write: Спешим, надо быстро достать хорошие места!

Давай живее, а то хороших мест не достанется. (speech)

Надо торопиться (поспешить), чтобы занять хорошие места (more literary)

Originally Posted by Ramil

Давай живее

"Давай быстрее" тоже ок

Тому стало здорово не по себе - he felt very uneasy.

here здорово doesn't mean "good", but was used to emphasize the uneasy part. здорово could be substituted with сильно here.

Originally Posted by Ramil

Тому стало здорово не по себе - he felt very uneasy.

here здорово doesn't mean "good", but was used to emphasize the uneasy part. здорово could be substituted with сильно here.

IMHO, очень is better.

Siriusly, "здорово не по себе" is ok, "очень не по себе" is not better - "здорово не по себе" is just more emotional, more colloquial.

Originally Posted by Ramil

без наc займут лучшие места - (they) will occupy the best seats without us.

It's something that can be found in some literature but seldon in the spoken language.

I think that pfrase is quite natural. How else you can say that?
Well, you can say "Пока нас нет" instead of "без нас", but it's all the same.

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Originally Posted by Ramil

без наc займут лучшие места - (they) will occupy the best seats without us.

It's something that can be found in some literature but seldon in the spoken language.

I think that pfrase is quite natural. How else you can say that?
Well, you can say "Пока нас нет" instead of "без нас", but it's all the same.

See my above post?

Originally Posted by Оля

"Давай быстрее" тоже OK

Originally Posted by Ramil

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Originally Posted by Ramil

без наc займут лучшие места - (they) will occupy the best seats without us.

It's something that can be found in some literature but seldon in the spoken language.

I think that pfrase is quite natural. How else you can say that?
Well, you can say "Пока нас нет" instead of "без нас", but it's all the same.

See my above post?

"Идем, а то без нас все места займут"? Probably exactly what I would say in such a situation.

Originally Posted by Оля

Siriusly, "здорово не по себе" is ok, "очень не по себе" is not better - "здорово не по себе" is just more emotional, more colloquial.

Да нет, вполне литературное выражение.

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Originally Posted by "Оля":1qfsgqp4

Siriusly, "здорово не по себе" is ok, "очень не по себе" is not better - "здорово не по себе" is just more emotional, more colloquial.

Да нет, вполне литературное выражение.[/quote:1qfsgqp4]
Я не говорила, что оно нелитературное.
Я только сказала, что оно более разговорное и менее нейтральное, чем "очень не по себе".

Those two sentences are examples of perfectly correct natural Russian. That's what native speakers would say.

"C'mon quick, or we won't get decent seats."

This is the exact sentence that is being discussed. It's from HP and the Goblet of Fire. Maybe this will help your discussion.

Originally Posted by Siriusly

"C'mon quick, or we won't get decent seats."

Давайте быстрее или нам не достанется приличных мест.