Thread: Valda - разные вопросы по глаголам

Really? I find it kinda catchy. You could say that the lyrics are kinda all over the place, but overall very catchy and I love the dancing woman Trying to imitate her when I dance

Thanks for the translation LX

When my 2 dictionaries fail (google translate, and babylon software) I turn to you

I heard the word "рассусоливать" in the context of:

"Не хочу говорить о своей жене. Померла, так померла, что тут скажешь? И вообще, мне тут работать или рассусоливать?"

My best educated guess according to a google search and reading up Russian definitions, is "talk on and on". Is that right?

great folksy word

it means 'talk/reason too much', 'talk superfluously'

давай, не рассусОливай!- с'mon, don't talk too much (do your job or hurry up)

originates from сус(о)лить, an obsolete synonym of сосать/обсасывать - suck (on)

ground squirrel is called сУслик, probably due to their typical gesture as if they suck on something



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а rude equivalent of рассусоливать is жевать сопли - chew on the snot

Originally Posted by Valda

You could say that the lyrics are kinda all over the place

totally agree

Ah...practically as I suspected it. I like the this word too. Thanks for the reply!

Hard for me to figure out the article :/ Even with google translate. It's too long to start analyzing words and too pun/language-based to use google translate.

Originally Posted by Valda

"мы нуждаемся"

If we say "мы нуждаемся" without object (NOT "мы нуждаемся в чём-либо") - thats mean, that we are poor.

I suggest you to use Abbyy Lingvo:
http://lingvopro.abbyyonline.com/ru/...B0%D1%82%D1%8C

Originally Posted by Valda

Oh, so if I wanna say "we need food" (urgent) it would be "мы нуждаемся в пище" [<-prepostional] ?

No! This is wrong. нуждаемся meand physical need but not necessary urgent. Черепаха нуждается в специально приготовленной пище - A turtle needs a specially-prepared food for life (may be abstract turtle or when there is plenty of special food).
One can нуждаться in food, air, money, fuel, raw materials, political stability, love, anything that is needed for normal functioning or living.

On the other hand "нам нужно" may express any desire.
Нам нужно выйграть этот матч, чтобы попасть в финал - We need(have to) win this match to enter the final.
Нам нужно держаться ближе друг к другу чтобы избежать опасности - We have to stick closer to each other for safety.

Что вам нужно? - What do you want? (in general) (far example, we want justice, we want the bad minister removed, we want to take control)
В чем вы нуждаетесь? - What do you want for yourself? What are you missing for good life of yourself? (we need money, we need nails, we need fuel)

In all cases нужно can be used instead of нуждаться, but not other way around.

Is it the difference between

Я не могу спрятать - I will not be able to hide
Я не могу прятать - I cannot hide


Google translate insisted on correcting my grammar from прятать to спрятать... but I've no clue why

("I wanted to write to my significant other "I can't hide the excitement of seeing you again")

I have another question while I'm at it along a similar vein.

The phrase "I can't wait"... as in "I can't wait to meet him".

Does it work in Russian? Because in Hebrew it kinda doesn't :P

Originally Posted by Valda

Is it the difference between

Я не могу спрятать - I will not be able to hide
Я не могу прятать - I cannot hide


Google translate insisted on correcting my grammar from прятать to спрятать... but I've no clue why

("I wanted to write to my significant other "I can't hide the excitement of seeing you again")

this is perfective infinitive VS imperfective infinitive

я не могу спрятать - i can't hide

i can't hide my emotions - я не могу спрятать/скрыть свои эмоции

спрятать - hide once

я не могу прятать - i can't be hiding

i can't be hiding my purse every single time he comes over - я не могу прятать свой кошелёк каждый раз, как он к нам приходит

прятать is the act of repetitive hiding

so for the purpose of your sentence the perfective form is the appropriate one

Originally Posted by Valda

I have another question while I'm at it along a similar vein.

The phrase "I can't wait"... as in "I can't wait to meet him".

Does it work in Russian? Because in Hebrew it kinda doesn't :P

не могу дождаться, когда + future tense

Originally Posted by Valda

I have another question while I'm at it along a similar vein.

The phrase "I can't wait"... as in "I can't wait to meet him".

Does it work in Russian? Because in Hebrew it kinda doesn't :P

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....

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?

one good idiom for "can't wait" is "сгорать от нетерпения" - burn with impatience

жду - не дождусь

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?

It does, but appropriate to my original case Thanks for the variants..this should come in handy. In fact, я могу дождаться когда у меня еть шансов использовать ета фраза..

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

Ohhh... I'll keep that in mind.

one good idiom for "can't wait" is "сгорать от нетерпения" - burn with impatience

i.e. я сгораю от нетерпения?

Originally Posted by Valda

я могу дождаться когда у меня еть шансов использовать ета фраза..

я не могу дождаться когда у меня будет шанс использовать эту фразу

Originally Posted by Valda

i.e. я сгораю от нетерпения?

right

чуть не дождусь (?)