Thread: New Years Engagement Announcement

Originally Posted by Mute

I was just thinking... It may just be Elena's mother and sister during the announcement, would asking for the attention be too much for ony two people? Should we change it?

Thanks everyone :P :P :P

I think this is an excellent speech! There is no need for corrections.

Originally Posted by Mute

I knew 'Прошу' sounded a bit funny hehe. No worries Basil, I really appreciate your help. I might have to give you all the credit when I come back and show Elena this post.

Yeah Challenger, I definately would NOT want to cause a scandal lol. So I will go with your suggestion to use чтобы.

I was just thinking... It may just be Elena's mother and sister during the announcement, would asking for the attention be too much for ony two people? Should we change it?

Thanks everyone :P :P :P

You never asnwered the question though! Are you proposing to be Mitya's father, or are you proposing Elena to be Mitya's father?

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

You never asnwered the questio though! Are you proposing to be Mitya's father, or are you proposing Elena to be Mitya's father?

Я бы на месте mr. Mute сказал: "На идиотские вопросы не отвечаю". :P

lol Basil, his question wasn't too idiotic :P I'm will be simply proposing to Elena as well as asking her to be the father of Mitya.

You are right Basil, I presented this speech to other Russian speakers, and they say it is perfect. Only one thing... I began to realize it's not 4 years, it's really 3.5 lol

So how can I change "я знаю Елену четыре год" to say: about 4 years or nearly 4 years?

Should I use почти? (please include stress)

Originally Posted by Mute

lol Basil, his question wasn't too idiotic :P I'm will be simply proposing to Elena as well as asking her to be the father of Mitya.

You are asking her to be a father? How about a mother? That would be the natural thing to be... unless I am missing something...

Originally Posted by Mute

lol Basil, his question wasn't too idiotic :P I'm will be simply proposing to Elena as well as asking her to be the father of Mitya.

You are right Basil, I presented this speech to other Russian speakers, and they say it is perfect. Only one thing... I began to realize it's not 4 years, it's really 3.5 lol

So how can I change "я знаю Елену четыре год" to say: about 4 years or nearly 4 years?

Should I use почти? (please include stress)

Да
Я знаю Елену почти четыре года
Я знаю Елену вот уже почти четыре года
Скоро будет четыре года, как я знаю Елену

If you prefer to be precise on the matter you may say:
Я знаю Елену (вот уже) три с половиной года.

вот уже=already

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Originally Posted by Mute

lol Basil, his question wasn't too idiotic :P I'm will be simply proposing to Elena as well as asking her to be the father of Mitya.

You are asking her to be a father? How about a mother? That would be the natural thing to be... unless I am missing something...

Kalinka, stop being a slowpoke , Elena is Mitya's mother and he proposes to be a husband to her and a father to Mitya.

Originally Posted by Ramil

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Originally Posted by Mute

lol Basil, his question wasn't too idiotic :P I'm will be simply proposing to Elena as well as asking her to be the father of Mitya.

You are asking her to be a father? How about a mother? That would be the natural thing to be... unless I am missing something...

Kalinka, stop being a slowpoke , Elena is Mitya's mother and he proposes to be a husband to her and a father to Mitya.

I guess says he's going to ask a woman to be a father once, it's a typo. He says it twice...

Originally Posted by Mute

lol Basil, his question wasn't too idiotic :P I'm will be simply proposing to Elena as well as asking her to be the father of Mitya.

You are right Basil, I presented this speech to other Russian speakers, and they say it is perfect. Only one thing... I began to realize it's not 4 years, it's really 3.5 lol

So how can I change "я знаю Елену четыре год" to say: about 4 years or nearly 4 years?

Should I use почти? (please include stress)

As Ramil already wrote, Я знАю ЕлЕну почтИ четЫре гОда perfectly fits.

Originally Posted by Basil77

Originally Posted by Mute

lol Basil, his question wasn't too idiotic :P I'm will be simply proposing to Elena as well as asking her to be the father of Mitya.

You are right Basil, I presented this speech to other Russian speakers, and they say it is perfect. Only one thing... I began to realize it's not 4 years, it's really 3.5 lol

So how can I change "я знаю Елену четыре год" to say: about 4 years or nearly 4 years?

Should I use почти? (please include stress)

As Ramil already wrote, Я знАю ЕлЕну почтИ четЫре гОда perfectly fits.

А может лучше приуменьшить, чем преувеличить? Так честнее.
Я знАю ЕлЕну (вот) ужЕ бОлее трёх лет.