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    It is great to meet you in the flesh

    I have been talking with someone on Skype. Now I am going to meet them in person. In English I would say something like "It is great to meet you in the flesh, at last".

    How could I say this in Russian?

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    "Здорово наконец увидеть тебя(Вас) вживую"
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    "Невозможно передать смысл иностранной фразы, не разрушив при этом её первоначальную структуру."

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    Also "встретиться лично" expresses the same idea.
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    Thanks Maxmixiv

    Is вживую in the feminine because you are assuming that I am talking to a woman or for some other reason?

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    Вживую is an adverb, it has no gender.
    There are more adverbs like this: наудалую, вслепую, навскидку, понарошку etc.

    Though we make puns of this category of words sometimes:
    Штирлиц выстрелил вслепую. Слепая упала.
    Here the audience could wrongly hear :
    Штирлиц выстрелил в слепую (женщину). Слепая упала.
    "Невозможно передать смысл иностранной фразы, не разрушив при этом её первоначальную структуру."

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    Понил - спасибо

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    Quote Originally Posted by justinwyllie View Post
    Понил - спасибо
    По́нял
    Ещё можно сказать: Я рад, что нам удалось наконец встретиться очно.

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