Thread: "Мне надоело" и "скучать"

Originally Posted by Antonio1986

"Мне надоело" переводиться по-английски: "I am bored" или "I am sick".
The synonym of this expression is "скучать".

Antonio, they are not synonymous at all, they are very different.

So if I want to translate the expression: "After we got bored discussing we went for swimming".
My effort will be:
1. После того как мы поскучали беседовать мы пошли купаться.

Wrong, weird and very-very funny

2. После того как нам был -> unnecessary надоело беседовать мы пошли купаться

Not that bad. But "был" does not fit here at all.
And I would better say "Когда нам надоело беседовать, мы пошли купаться". Please mind the comma

Надоесть (perf.) / надоедать (imperf.): to make you tired of something, to pester.

Use 1 - with verbs: (to someone - Dative) надоело (to do something - imperfective infinitive)

Мне надоело работать. - You say that after having worked for a long period, when you finally feel you are tired of this work. You do not want to continue work.

Нам надоело тебя ждать. - We are tired of waiting for you. We have been waiting for you for hours, and we hate staying here any longer.

Мне надоело смотреть телевизор. - I am tired of watching TV, I do not feel like keep watching it longer. I want to do something else now.

Use 2 - with nouns: (to someone - Dative) надоел(а,о) (something or somebody - nominative case)

Ты мне надоел со своими советами! - You pestered me with your advice! I am tired of you with your advice! I do not want any more advice from you, leave me alone.

Мне надоела эта работа. - This job pestered me. I am tired of this job. I want a different job.

Мне надоела Москва. - I am fed up with Moscow. I do not want to stay here longer, I want to move to a different place.

But how I will indicate that the feeling of boredom is not current but it was at the past. I was bored speaking at that day.
Is it: "Когда нам надоел беседовать, мы пошли купаться"

Originally Posted by Antonio1986

But how I will indicate that the feeling of boredom is not current but it was at the past. I was bored speaking at that day.
Is it: "Когда нам надоело беседовать, мы пошли купаться"

Since there is no subject (technically, the infinitive "беседовать" is the subject, not a noun), you need neuter, as for impersonal structures.

Antonio, there are two issues.

First, you are confusing two things: boredom and tiredness. It happens that English and Russian have different views on the human emotions spectrum. For Russians, they are just different emotions. You may be tired of something but not bored. You may feel boredom without any reason, without being tired of anything specific. You may be both tired and bored, of course, as one of the possibilities. What you are talikng about is tiredness, not boredom.

Second, the whole phrase "Когда нам надоело беседовать, мы пошли купаться" is already in the past. "надоело" is the past tense, "пошли" is the past tense as well.

I am unjustified not understanding from the beginning the structure.
So as to clarify everything if I want to say: "I don't want to go to that party because I will get bored" = "Не хочу пойти на этy вечеринкy потому что мне надоедаю"

Originally Posted by Боб Уайтман

...Мне надоела эта работа. - This job pestered me. I am tired of this job. I want a different job. ...

"This job pestered me". Мне кажется, что так не говорят. Pest же одушевленный, и я думаю, pestered - это только о ком-то.

Originally Posted by Lampada

"This job pestered me". Мне кажется, что так не говорят. Pest же одушевленный, и я думаю, pestered - это только о ком-то.

Thank you, Lampada!
But I tried to explain how we understand what "надоесть" means