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    Help with one word: simpotichen?

    Does anyone know what this word means in English. I'm putting Russian and English translations, but the word: "simpotichen" I can't find translations anywhere. Thanks for any help.

    But I had a craving for this person
    It was me simpotichen
    So I with him was such a kind of relationship

    Но у меня была тяга к этому человеку
    Это был я симпотичен
    Так что я с ним был такой вид отношений

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    It's "симпатичен" with error. It's derived from latin 'simpathy' but slighly change it's meaning. "Я испытываю симпатию к нему (I feel simpathy to him)" = "I like him" in russian. 'Симпатичный' is adjective with meaning 'liked one/pretty'.

    "Но у меня была тяга к этому челоеку / But I had a craving for this person" is ok.

    But next text is full of grammatical errors. It's even difficult to repair it.
    "Это был я симпотичен" probably is "Я был (ему?) симпатичен" (I was pretty / He liked me). But 50/50 it was "Он был мне симпатичен" (I liked him).

    "Так что я с ним был такой вид отношений" probably "Так что у нас с ним были отношения такого рода." (So, we (me and he) had relations of this kind)

    P.S.
    Also, it's important in russian to know sexes of these persons. This changes a lot. Text above is "man says about man".

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    Thanks a million Alex, you're always helpful. Now let me go piece all of the together.

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    Craving? Isn't that too extreme? I mean all she or he was saying that they felt drawn to him, but a craving? Correct me if I'm wrong but craving doesn't feel right at all...
    I do not claim that my opinion is absolutely true.
    If you've spotted any mistake in my English, please, correct it. I want to be aware of any mistakes to efficiently eliminate them before they become a habit.

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    Craving? Isn't that too extreme?
    Maybe. As far as I understand text was autotranslated twice: rus->eng and eng-rus after that. So we do not know original words anyway.

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    Why would you autotranslate things back and forth if you aren't making modern poetry?

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