Thread: Жить/пожить

Hello.

1. Я жил один надолго.
2. Я пожил один до того дня, как мы с женой познакомились.

How wrong is this?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Zubr

1. Я жил один надолго.

Wrong. "Я долго жил один" or "Я долго прожил один".

Originally Posted by Zubr

2. Я пожил один до того дня, как мы с женой познакомились.

If you wanted to say "I had had my share of living alone before I met my wife", it is sort of passable. But barely. What did you actually try to say here?

Originally Posted by translationsnmru

Wrong. "Я долго жил один" or "Я долго прожил один".

Ok. Can you say "Я удалил его надолго" ("I send him away for long")?

Originally Posted by translationsnmru

If you wanted to say "I had had my share of living alone before I met my wife", it is sort of passable. But barely. What did you actually try to say here?

Nope, I meant something more neutral. "I lived alone until I met my wife."
Может быть лучше сказать "Я жил один пока мы с женой не познакомились."?

Originally Posted by Zubr

Ok. Can you say "Я удалил его надолго" ("I send him away for long")?

"Надолго" is fine, "удалил" is not. "Я отослал его надолго", or maybe "Я выгнал/изгнал его надолго" -- it all depends on the context.

Originally Posted by Zubr

Nope, I meant something more neutral. "I lived alone until I met my wife."
Может быть лучше сказать "Я жил один, пока мы с женой не познакомились."?

Much better .

Originally Posted by translationsnmru

"Надолго" is fine, "удалил" is not. "Я отослал его надолго", or maybe "Я выгнал/изгнал его надолго" -- it all depends on the context.

Ok.

Originally Posted by translationsnmru

Much better .

Great. Eventually this strange way of yours to translate "until" will become natural to me.

Thanks!