Thread: Pursuit of Happiness

Privet.
I have some problems in using correctly the world охотиться.
As I understood it doesn't have совершенный вид.
How I will say in russian:
1. The lion hunts the deer.
2. You should hunt your dreams.
3. He always hunt girls in the beach
4. He hunts opportunities.

The English verb "to hunt" has more meanings.

1. The lion hunts the deer. = Лев охотится на лань. (Mind that in Russian you have to use "на" or "за" prepositions with the verb).
2. You should hunt your dreams. = Вам следует гнаться за мечтами. Вы должны гнаться за своими мечтами. (It's close to "to pursue")
3. He always hunts girls in the beach. = Он всегда охотится за девушками на пляже. На пляже он всегда охотится на девушек. (I'll explain the difference below)
4. He hunts opportunities. = Он охотится за благоприятными возможностями (удобными случаями). Он гонится за перспективами.

Other instances:
Лев охотится на лань, а охотник охотится на льва.
Маньяк охотится на людей.
Фотограф охотится за известными актерами.
Я охотился за этим кольцом целый год.

"Охотится на" usually implies that smbd's victim must be killed and eaten. )
"Охотиться за", as a rule, means that someone just strongly wants to get something. So they search it, run about and so on. It's like "to hunt", but in figurative sense.
If you use "на" instead of "за", it implies that you want to add some expression in your sentence.

Вам следует гнаться за мечтами

Я понял 100% ваше объяснение Paul. Честно говоря, первый раз случаю фразу "мне следует". Я поискал в словаре и нашел что это синоним фразы "ты должны ", I didn't understand how close is its meaning to "ты должен"?

тебе следует is an advice "must", like English should.

ты должен is a mandatory thing, what you must do

That's their primary literally meanings. However, they can mix up in colloquial speech

Originally Posted by Antonio1986

Я понял ваше объяснение на 100%, Paul. Честно говоря, первый раз случаю(OMG!) встречаю выражение (фраза=sentence) "мне следует". Я поискал в словаре и нашел, что это синоним фразы "ты должен ", I didn't understand how close is its meaning to "ты должен"?

мне следует = я долж(ен/на) = I should
вам следует = вы должны = you should
тебе следует = ты долж(ен/на)= you should

etc.

Originally Posted by Antonio1986

Я понял 100% ваше объяснение Paul. Честно говоря, первый раз случаю фразу "мне следует". Я поискал в словаре и нашел что это синоним фразы "ты должны ", I didn't understand how close is its meaning to "ты должен"?

Yeah, I specially gave an example of this grammatical construction, because it's common and you should know how it looks. "Следует" is a soft/polite variant of "have to" or "must".
In fact, there is no a strict correspondence between these words in Russian and English. The meanings are a little bit displaced relatively to each other (if you understand what I mean).
So,
"мне следует", "вам следует", "тебе следует" imply "should". It's when "have to" or "must" sound roughly or improperly.
"Я должен", "вы должны", "ты должен" imply "have to" or "must".
"Я обязан", "вы обязаны", "ты обязан" imply "must". It means someone has/got obligations to do something (obligation = обязательство or обязанность; look at the root). That's an external pressure or moral certainty of a person.

Hahaha ... In my head are spinning German, Greeks, English, Russian and Italian so forgive me it-ogo. I will not repeat again the same mistake. Promise

I told it today: "он охотится за настоящими деньгами".
Hope it makes sense

What do you mean "настоящие деньги"?

Originally Posted by Suobig

What do you mean "настоящие деньги"?

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What do you mean "настоящие деньги"?

Suobig you are killing me!!!!!!!!
It is a guy who was selling shoes and now he become a land developer. I meant that now if he is successful he is going to make a lot of money (big commissions, e.g. 2000 - 3000 on every sale) instead of receiving 700 euro per month.

You can even say "реальные деньги" in informal speech. It has less double meaning.

"серьёзные деньги"