Thread: Adverbs/Adjectives [e.g. холодно/холодный]

холодно is how
холодный is what or which

Also "I'm cold" can be translated as "Я замёрз" (similar to I'm freezing)

Originally Posted by Боб Уайтман

So, "Мне холодное" is impossible in Russian

It depends on the context
дай мне холодное мороженое is perfectly fine

Originally Posted by Doomer

дай мне холодное мороженое is perfectly fine

Not a good example. Technically, yes. But the words "мне" and "холодное" are not related in this sentence, i.e. they do not form a word combination. The related words are "дай мне" and "холодное мороженое".

Otherwise, we should admit that nearly any word combination is possible, if we use examples like this...

Originally Posted by Боб Уайтман

Otherwise, we should admit that nearly any word combination is possible, if we use examples like this...

First you said the above's combination is impossible in Russian now you are saying nearly any combination is possible
Use the words wisely

Originally Posted by Doomer

First you said the above's combination is impossible in Russian

Yes, it is impossible.
There is no word combination like "мне холодное" in your example! The two words are unrelated, they are just neighboring here, but they actually belong to different word combinations: "дай мне" and "холодное мороженое". That's what I am trying to say.

Originally Posted by Doomer

now you are saying nearly any combination is possible

Was I saying so? You extracted some words from the whole phrase.
I wrote: "Otherwise, we should admit that nearly any word combination is possible, if we use examples like this...". Certainly, I do not agree that "nearly any word combination is possible".