Thread: I'm very excited - what are the alternatives in Russian to saying it.

I was told to avoid "я очень возбужденная" - so what are some good alternatives?

Originally Posted by Valda

I was told to avoid "я очень возбужденная" - so what are some good alternatives?

"Я очень взволнована"

Валда, приведи, пожалуйста, весь контекст полностью.
В связи с чем ты very excited?

"Summer season at the coast will soon begin. I'm very excited about that."

Тогда так: "Пляжный сезон скоро открывается. Я вся в предвкушении!"

Или "Меня это очень радует".

Или "Я в томительном ожидании"

Originally Posted by Inego

Тогда так: "Пляжный сезон скоро открывается. Я вся в предвкушении!"

Etymologically, this seems to suggest something like "I can taste it already!"

Originally Posted by Inego

Тогда так: "Пляжный сезон скоро открывается. Я вся в предвкушении!"

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

Etymologically, this seems to suggest something like "I can taste it already!"

That just means --- I relish the prospect

"Я в восторге!" , как мне кажется, очень подходящий перевод.

Валда, у тебя есть украинцы знакомые, да? В украинском есть точный эквивалент: "я в ЗАхватi".

Originally Posted by Yulia65

"Я в восторге!" , как мне кажется, очень подходящий перевод.

Валда, у тебя есть украинцы знакомые, да? В украинском есть точный эквивалент: "я в ЗАхватi".

As for me this is the best translation so far.

However, that means - I'm delighted

Well, what could I add? We never use - I'm excited thing - here. That's just how things are. So you always have to choose something else.

My suggetion - жду с нетерпением - я в нетерпении, however that means I'm looking forward to or I'm itching for something.

Originally Posted by iCake

That just means --- I relish the prospect

Incidentally, a sentence such as "He ate the hamburger with relish" is ambiguous (at least in US English), and can mean:

Он с удовольствием съел гамбургер.
or
Он съел гамбургер с вареньем из солёных огурцев.

So, whether you translate Я вся в предвкушении as "I can practically taste it" or "I relish the prospect", there is a figurative connection with вкус.

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

Incidentally, a sentence such as "He ate the hamburger with relish" is ambiguous (at least in US English), and can mean:

Он с удовольствием съел гамбургер.
Он съел гамбургер с вареньем из солёных огурцов.

Yeah, that's why I used the "relish" word as an verb, as far as I know there would be no ambiguity if relish is an verb.

I relish the prospect and not I wait the event with relish

By the way, I always thought that relish is a sauce and not a варенье (which is kinda jam)

Originally Posted by iCake

My suggetion - жду с нетерпением - я в нетерпении, however that means I'm looking forward to or I'm itching for something.

What about я очень жду! -- I've seen that construction before, but maybe it's not good Russian, or has a different shade of meaning?

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

What about я очень жду! -- I've seen that construction before, but maybe it's not good Russian, or has a different shade of meaning?

It is good Russian, and this means pretty much like --- I'm waiting for this very much. So that would also work I'm inclined to agree

Originally Posted by iCake

I await the event with relish

By the way, I always thought that relish is a sauce and not a варенье (which is kinda jam)

There are different styles of relish, but one of the popular kinds is made by boiling chopped sour pickles in a sugar syrup, similar to варенье. (I hate this type of relish, but it's very common in the States.) But I guess you could describe it as a kind of густой соус.