Thread: Valda - разные вопросы по глаголам

this is perfective infinitive VS imperfect infinitive

Oh, and I thought the "c" makes it a future tense from some reason. Thanks for clarifying.

не могу дождаться, когда + future tense

Do you have to use когда ?


Can't it's just be:

Алекс: ты летишь за границу послезавтра?
Ира: Да, я не могу дождаться!

in Russian here you can say "Я с нетерпением жду встречи с ним",
lit. I don't have enough patience to wait to meet him, I am looking forward to meeting him....

Does it work in this scenario as well?:


Алекс: ты летишь за границу послезавтра?
Ира: Да, я с нетерпением жду!"

Originally Posted by Valda

Oh, and I thought the "c" makes it a future tense from some reason. Thanks for clarifying.

it does, but the verb itself should be conjugated accordingly

прячу - i hide
спрячу - i will hide

in your original phrase the verb is in infinitive form, not conjugated

Originally Posted by Valda

Do you have to use когда ?


Can't it's just be:

Алекс: ты летишь за границу послезавтра?
Ира: Да, я не могу дождаться!

Does it work in this scenario as well?:


Алекс: ты летишь за границу послезавтра?
Ира: Да, я с нетерпением жду!"

absolutely, i just followed your original sentence which implied dependent clause

I can't wait to meet him - (Я) Не могу дождаться, когда встречусь с ним

Ира: Да, жду с нетерпением! (mind the syntax) OR Да, не могу дождаться!

Я can be omitted because the verb indicates the grammatical person

alexsms's variant is more literary, mine is more colloquial

also I'd say that "жду с нетерпением" is more often used when you awaiting a person, whereas "не могу дождаться" when you're awaiting an event or engagement in some type of activity

and "не могу дождаться" resembles the English equivalent and so is easier to remember I believe

"жду с нетерпением" is "I wait impatiently/anxiously", sounds a bit official doesn't it?

Originally Posted by LXNDR

it does, but the verb itself should be conjugated accordingly

прячу - i hide
спрячу - i will hide

Just to clarify
прячу - I'm hiding (something)
прячусь - I'm hiding (myself)
буду прятать - I will hide (something)
буду прятаться - I will be hiding (myself)
спрячу - I'm going to hide (something)
спрячусь - I'm going to hide (myself)

PS: Also буду спрятаться is inapplicable