Thread: Valda - разные вопросы по глаголам

I want to use it in the sense of

"I'm so excited to see you!"

But I don't know if it really means excited the way I want it to mean. I don't want it to sound like "I'm so upset to see you!"

Im not a native but I would say its excited in the sense of "Im so worried up to my feet to meet you"

взволно́ван is anxious, worried...

so it would not be correct in your case. You can say Я очень рада (очень рад), что мы встретимся (встретились).

Взволнован is not upset! upset = расстроен/обеспокоен/...!

Dictionary gives many extra shades, for example: moved, agitated. Me level in English does not let me judge, what is best match, but the following statement IMO indicates, that "взволнован" is not necessarily means something bad or "there's problem":

If something agitates you, it worries you and makes you unable to think clearly or calmly.

Also, look at
Текст песни

Когда я вижy как ты танцyешь,
Малыш ты меня волнyешь!
Когда ты смотpишь так сеpьезно,
Малыш я тебя люблю!
Когда ты pобко меня целyешь,
Малыш ты меня волнyешь!
Hо не могy, не могy,
Извини, не могy.

Good thing I didn't use it! Is there a word for excited?

"I'm so excited to see you!" = "Я очень рад(а) видеть тебя", "Я так рад(а) видеть тебя", less literal: "Мне очень приятно видеть тебя", "Так радостно просто видеть тебя".
Others have some ambiguous senses. I mean they are more polysemous...
Avoid them unless your Russian is perfect. Do not overcomplicate things, remember?

True, true. thanks!