as... as

I'm posting this knowing full well it's the dumbest thing I've ever written anywhere and ever, but I just wanted to be sure. What's the proper way to express as... as (as in "I am as tall as Ivan") in Russian? I think it's just the adjective and then как + nominative, but is there supposed to be a comma or something too?

Thanks in advance! I would appreciate it if answers could be in English, since obviously my Russian could use a tiny tiny bit of improvement :roll:

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Originally Posted by dawhite

I'm posting this knowing full well it's the dumbest thing I've ever written anywhere and ever, but I just wanted to be sure. What's the proper way to express as... as (as in "I am as tall as Ivan") in Russian? I think it's just the adjective and then как + nominative, but is there supposed to be a comma or something too?

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Yes.
"Я такой же высокий, как и Иван"
Comma is required here.
Sometimes 'и' is omitted-
"Я такой же высокий, как Иван"

Thanks so much! Is there any specific rule for when the и has to be there and when not? Is one way more colloquial and one way formal? Or is it just basically a matter of choice?

not quite. Падеж зависит от контекста.

С прилагательными:
Иван такой высокий, как я. Ivan is as tall as I am.

Она сказала, что никогда не видела такого симпатичного человек, как я!

Я никогда не писал такому неприятному человеку, как он.

Санкт-Петербург не такой большой город как Москва.

Этот яблоко такое красное, как тот.

С короткими прилагательными:
(возможно? кто-нибудь не подскажет?)

С наречиями:
Он пишет так ужасно, как она.

Не смотрел в учебнике, может быть ошибки!!

http://masterrussian.net/mforum/viewtop ... +%EA%E0%EA

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Originally Posted by chaika

Это яблоко такое же красное, как и то.

Он пишет так же ужасно, как она.

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Originally Posted by chaika

С прилагательными:
Иван такой же высокий, как я. Ivan is as tall as I am.

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Thanks for the replies! Unfortunately, I was unable to understand any of them... would someone mind translating for me?

dawhite, those sentences were fairly simple so I would say that I think you are asking questions that are beyond yourself at this point. I would stick with the textbook and just plow through it. And the second year book too. By that time you will probably have the answers to these questions.

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Originally Posted by chaika

Она сказала, что никогда не видела такого симпатичного человека, как я!

Не смотрел в учебнике, могут быть ошибки!!

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As you can all see, my Russian is going to hell in a handbasket.

Знатокам просьба перевести на русский эту нашу колоритную идиому!