Thread: Не пойму ведешь куда

I don't understand the meaning of the bolded line. It's a Kirkorov'song. Thanks.

Ты и глубина и высота
Tы - холодная вода
Ты и широта и долгота
Не пойму ведешь куда

Не пойму ведешь куда
(I)Don't get (you) lead (me) where

Thanks a lot JJ, but it's still hard to me.

"I don't permit you to lead me where you want".

Is this the meaning?

I do not understand which way you lead me.

It's a Kirkorov'song - no sense

Daa, vsio poniatno!
Spasibo vam.

It does make sense though, не пойму ведешь куда.

'I dont get where you're taking me.'


It makes just as much sense as Хочешь покажу?

'(Do you) want (me to) show you?"

Yeah, you're right. Though the first expression's more formal, kinda bookish than the second one.

So does that mean one could say
"Что хочешь скажу?" - What do you want me to say?

Originally Posted by Darobat

So does that mean one could say
"Что хочешь скажу?" - What do you want me to say?

I'll say what you want.

One thing that makes it difficult is the word order, it confused me too at first

Не пойму ведешь куда

might be easier with a simple word switch:

Не пойму куда ведешь

Then you can add the implied personal pronouns in your head:

(Я) Не пойму куда (ты) ведешь

And voila! You have english construction which should be easier to translate.

Originally Posted by Darobat

So does that mean one could say
"Что хочешь скажу?" - What do you want me to say?

No it doesn't.
What do you want me to say?
Что ты/вы хочешь/хотите, чтобы я сказал?

Хочешь покажу?
(Do you) want (me to) show you?

Well I don't know... To me "Хочешь покажу? " is more like: "Wanna look at it?" and "Do you want me to show you?" is more official (i guess)... Well it's all about connotation and context anyway...

Considering all the previous indications: are these forms gramatically correct?

xoчy дymaeшь (I want you to think)
дymaeшь xoчy (you think that I want )

If so, the word order is crucial in these sentences…

Originally Posted by samurai

Considering all the previous indications: are these forms gramatically correct?

xoчy дymaeшь (I want you to think)
дymaeшь xoчy (you think that I want )

If so, the word order is crucial in these sentences…

Both of them would only make sense if you separate the words with a comma:

xoчy, дymaeшь?
дymaeшь, xoчy?

And then they have the same meaning (you think that I want? )

Originally Posted by adoc

Originally Posted by samurai

Considering all the previous indications: are these forms gramatically correct?

xoчy дymaeшь (I want you to think)
дymaeшь xoчy (you think that I want )

If so, the word order is crucial in these sentences…

Both of them would only make sense if you separate the words with a comma:

xoчy, дymaeшь?
дymaeшь, xoчy?

And then they have the same meaning (you think that I want? )

Or, since the sentence is 'you think that i want" could just translate it directly and put "хочу что (ты) думаешь"

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Originally Posted by adoc

Originally Posted by samurai

Or, since the sentence is 'you think that i want" could just translate it directly and put "хочу что (ты) думаешь"

You think that i want - Ты думаешь я хочу. Если это вопрос, то - Думаешь (я) хочу? Но "хочу думаешь" хоть и возможно,но полный бред на самом деле.

Originally Posted by samurai

xoчy дymaeшь
дymaeшь xoчy

Don't write Russian "м" as "m". In Russian, "m" is a cursive variant of "т".

[/quote]Don't write Russian "м" as "m". [/quote]

Sorry... mne bylo stydno...

Oh, I didn't want you to be ashamed of it. We are all learning here and it means making mistakes. And this wasn't even a real mistake, just a little confusion.

Originally Posted by Paxan

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Originally Posted by adoc

Originally Posted by samurai

Or, since the sentence is 'you think that i want" could just translate it directly and put "хочу что (ты) думаешь"

You think that i want - Ты думаешь я хочу. Если это вопрос, то - Думаешь (я) хочу? Но "хочу думаешь" хоть и возможно,но полный бред на самом деле.

"хочу, думаешь?" is fine in a conversation imo. but it does look weird when written.