Thread: Uses of плечо

I'm doing a series of exercises abt idiomatic uses of плечо and I see:
Выносить - вынести на своих плечах
(lit.: to carry out on one's shoulders)
idiomatic use: to fulfill something hard or difficult.
In Russian its meaning is given as: справиться одному с чем-нибудь трудным.
My difficulty is in the dative that I don't understand what adds to the phrase. Furthermore I don't find government of dative for this verb, just instrumental case with "c". If its meaning is "to do something for somebody" it is different from "to do something by oneself" what seems to be the right meaning of the phrase. Is redundant this одному ? Thanks.

Radomir: Here, the dative + infinitive shows necessity or obligation or lack of choice -- in other words, справиться одному has basically the same meaning as надо справиться одному: not simply "to do it alone", but "to have to do it alone" or "to be obliged to do it alone" or "to find it necessary to do it alone", etc.

So справиться одному с чем-нибудь трудным can be translated in English as "to be forced to struggle by oneself with something difficult."

Thank you.

I think "одному" correlates with "своих" and stresses the fact that the very difficult task was completed thanks to the efforts of one person. Imagine the following picture: a person carrying somebody seated on his shoulders. That is not a group task.

As for the other part of your question, you could either say: "Самостоятельно справиться с чем-нибудь трудным", or "Справиться самостоятельно с чем-нибудь трудным", or "Справиться (как? каким образом? кому придётся справляться?) [ему] одному (=on his own) с чем-нибудь трудным".

Hope it helps.

Thank you. I will study carefully your answer.

Один:
Количество 1. Одному человеку с этим не справиться.

справляться: - он не справится с этим делом — he won't be able to cope with it
он не справился со своей задачей — he was not equal to the task at hand

Both nom. and dative are correct with the verb справляться but the dative is functioning as a logical subject of an infinitive (Wade -Russian Grammar pg. 121).

Справиться одному с чем-нибудь трудным.
Одному being the logical subject of an infinitive.
Что детям делать?
Детям being the logical subject of an infinitive.

OK. So I read in my grammar, Dative case is used also with impersonal verbs to express the state or situation where a person is and gives the example: Мне не спиться = I can't sleep.
Thank you all.

Originally Posted by radomir

OK. So I read in my grammar, Dative case is used also with impersonal verbs to express the state or situation where a person is and gives the example: Мне не спиться = I can't sleep.
Thank you all.

Just in case, the right one would be "мне не спится" (without "ь"). Meanwhile your version means "I can't get into drinking". Hope, you're not very confused. =)

You're completely right. But I have copied such as it is in the book. Just now I have modified the phrase. Such as you say is also in the dictionary "мне не спится"; "ему сладко спится". Perhaps the author was thinking in "мне не спаться" ?. It is the first mistake I find in it .
Thank you.

"мне не спится"; "ему сладко спится" - right
Perhaps the author was thinking in "мне не спаться" ?. - wrong

Thank youi.

The impersonal meaning of "mne odnomu ne spravitsia" is sligtly different from the meaning of "mne ne spitsia" and is interpreted by many cultural studies specialists as a way of avoiding communicative responsibility for the action that will be/was performed. So "mne odnomu ne spravitsia" could be roughly translated as "I won't be able to manage it myself (but this is not my fault)" Conversely, by saying "ya odin ne spravlius" you take full responsibility for the outcome of the action.

Thank you for your interesting answer. I will study it carefully.