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What would be the best way to say, "I missed you" as in I missed you when I was away, and it sure is good to see you again...
I think you use the word ховатил -- (am I close?), but I am unsure if I should use a simple structure of я . тевя - or if there is some more fancy way of doing it with a present imperfect rather than simple past tense construction.
The literal translation is "я скучал по тебе" - in past simple, as "I missed you". You can also say "я соскучился по тебе" - in present perfectiv (it's close to English present perfect tense). Meanings are pretty close.Quote:
Originally Posted by blueclue7
Or "МНЕ ТЕБЯ НЕ ХВАТАЛО"
(In case you really want to use the word ХВАТИЛ)
That is the word I was thinking about - хватил
What is the difference in meaning and emphasis between хватать and скучать?
And, can anyone provide a transliteration or vocalization of хватил? That XB start to the word is a bit of a tongue twister for me.
Ok, I'll try to do my best..
Я скучал по тебе - is more like "I was feeling blue without you"
Мне тебя не хватало - something like "The place you have in my soul was empty" - like something was missing.. which is actually closer in meaning to "I missed you"
But the first one is more likely to be used in Russian, I think. Well, may be it's personal :)
hvatil, ne hvatalo.. yeah, I guess it would be hard to pronounce if you're not used to it.
h in the beginning is more like a wind, not a really heavy sound. As in "help"