Thread: I don't make the rules - Я не делаю правил ?

Yea LXNDR but in the previous example they put "pravila" as the first word ... Look again

Originally Posted by Valda

Yea LXNDR but in the previous example they put "pravila" as the first word ... Look again

that would sound too formal and cold to my test, not exactly colloquial

Russian is quite liberal in the syntax so you practically can shuffle the words, almost any words order will make sense as long as the words are grammatically correct, what will differ is connotations

here's a good version

я правила не устанавливаю - pretty harsh, implying 'i don't set the rules, get it?'
of course right intonation can help to get the message across

Originally Posted by LXNDR

that would sound too formal and cold to my test, not exactly colloquial

Russian is quite liberal in the syntax so you practically can shuffle the words, almost any words order will make sense as long as the words are grammatically correct, what will differ is connotations

here's a good version

я правила не устанавливаю - pretty harsh, implying 'i don't set the rules, get it?'
of course right intonation can help to get the message across

Ahhh... as I thought... though I like the word придумываю also thanks