Is this good Russian?

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January 28th, 2007, 03:22 PM
Siriusly

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??
January 28th, 2007, 03:31 PM
Ramil

Re: Is this good Russian?

Quote:

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.
January 28th, 2007, 04:08 PM
Siriusly

Спасибо!

How would you say in Russian: Hurry, so we can get good seats!
I would write: Спешим, надо быстро достать хорошие места!
January 28th, 2007, 04:12 PM
Ramil

Quote:

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)
January 28th, 2007, 04:27 PM
Оля

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Originally Posted by Ramil

Давай живее

"Давай быстрее" тоже ок :wink:
January 28th, 2007, 05:21 PM
Ramil

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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.
January 28th, 2007, 05:39 PM
charlestonian

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Originally Posted by Ramil

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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.
January 28th, 2007, 05:52 PM
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.
January 29th, 2007, 04:04 AM
gRomoZeka

Re: Is this good Russian?

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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.
January 29th, 2007, 06:54 AM
Ramil

Re: Is this good Russian?

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Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Quote:

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?
January 29th, 2007, 12:50 PM
Wowik

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Originally Posted by Оля

"Давай быстрее" тоже OK :wink:
January 29th, 2007, 02:51 PM
laxxy

Re: Is this good Russian?

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Originally Posted by Ramil

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Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Quote:

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.
January 30th, 2007, 08:23 PM
mishau_

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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.
January 30th, 2007, 08:59 PM
Оля

[quote=mishau_]

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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".
January 31st, 2007, 08:02 PM
VendingMachine

Those two sentences are examples of perfectly correct natural Russian. That's what native speakers would say.
February 2nd, 2007, 01:23 AM
Siriusly

"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.
February 2nd, 2007, 12:03 PM
Scrabus

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Originally Posted by Siriusly

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

Давайте быстрее или нам не достанется приличных мест. :)