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

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    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?
    "Особенно упорно надо заниматься тем, кто ничего не знает." - Като Ломб

    "В один прекрасный день все ваши подспудные знания хлынут наружу. Ощущения при этом замечательные, уверяю вас." -Кто-то

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    Quote Originally Posted by Valda View Post
    I was told to avoid "я очень возбужденная" - so what are some good alternatives?
    "Я очень взволнована"
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    Валда, приведи, пожалуйста, весь контекст полностью.
    В связи с чем ты very excited?

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    "Summer season at the coast will soon begin. I'm very excited about that."
    "Особенно упорно надо заниматься тем, кто ничего не знает." - Като Ломб

    "В один прекрасный день все ваши подспудные знания хлынут наружу. Ощущения при этом замечательные, уверяю вас." -Кто-то

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    Тогда так: "Пляжный сезон скоро открывается. Я вся в предвкушении!"
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    Или "Меня это очень радует".
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    Или "Я в томительном ожидании"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Inego View Post
    Тогда так: "Пляжный сезон скоро открывается. Я вся в предвкушении!"
    Etymologically, this seems to suggest something like "I can taste it already!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Inego View Post
    Тогда так: "Пляжный сезон скоро открывается. Я вся в предвкушении!"
    Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
    Etymologically, this seems to suggest something like "I can taste it already!"
    That just means --- I relish the prospect
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    "Я в восторге!" , как мне кажется, очень подходящий перевод.

    Валда, у тебя есть украинцы знакомые, да? В украинском есть точный эквивалент: "я в ЗАхватi".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yulia65 View Post
    "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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by iCake View Post
    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.
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
    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)
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    Quote Originally Posted by iCake View Post
    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?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by iCake View Post
    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.
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