Thread: Bunch of quesitons

Originally Posted by kamka

Originally Posted by paulb

Here's a fairly common use of that phrase you will see in books:

Steve found himself wondering why he came at all.
I found myself thinking, "why did I think I could eat the whole cake?"

This is a way of looking at what a person is thinking at one particular time. It is the same as "I thought to myself" or "He thought to himself".

does it imply that he was, in a way, surprised such thoughts came to his mind, or that, uhm, how to put it... the thoughts came to him subconsciously and he didn't realize he was thinking that until he focused (if my explanation makes any sense :P). Anyway, to put it simply, is there any particural implication in this structure?

It can mean that sometimes. If that is what you really want to say, you can add the word "suddenly". This is something you might hear fairly often: "I suddenly found myself thinking, 'what have I gotten myself into?'" This is something you would say when you realize that your actions have led you to a situation that you didn't anticipate.

But more often "found myself" with a verb like thinking, feeling, wondering, etc. just means that you are talking about your mind at that particular time.

One more context:

"I had never found myself in a church before."

The simple meaning of this is that you have never been in a church before (but you are in one now). The special meaning of "found myself" here makes it sound like you aren't quite sure how or why you are in a church now. Primarily, though, it is just saying that you are in a church for the first time. Depends on the context which of those two it means.

Sorry if that is complicated for astronomer. I always hate it when I ask a little question about Russian and I get a loooooooooong answer in Russian.

Originally Posted by paulb

It is very common to omit articles in headlines, so "Bunch of Questions" would be perfectly acceptable as a title for this thread.
Also acceptable:
(A) Number of Questions
A Few Questions (better to keep the article here)
Some Questions
I've got questions
Help me Obi-Won, you're my only hope
Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda
If you like answering questions this is the thread for you
etc.

Paul, these alternatives are really funny. Really-really Ну, и по-русски, во избежание искажений смысла... В общем, прикольно, сколькими разными способами можно написать заголовок поста.

Originally Posted by basurero

1. If I say in English "They have been going to the pool", does it be
translate like "Они _пошли_ в бассейн". As I say
"They was going to the pool", it would be translate as "Они шли в
бассейн";
"Thay went to the pool" => "Они пришли в бассейн".
Anyway I don't know what is the correct version.

Isn't it something more like:
за=>В последнее время они ходят в бассейн

ie, it implies they've been going repeatedly and haven't necessarily finished.

basurero, спасибо!

Кстати, в русском языке тоже есть выражение "найти себя", употребляемое в таком же смысле, как ты написал... Например, "он нашел себя в жизни". Даже вспоминается какой-то рекламный слоган: "Человек, найди себя в себе"

Originally Posted by paulb

Originally Posted by kamka

does it imply that he was, in a way, surprised such thoughts came to his mind, or that, uhm, how to put it... the thoughts came to him subconsciously and he didn't realize he was thinking that until he focused (if my explanation makes any sense :P). Anyway, to put it simply, is there any particural implication in this structure?

It can mean that sometimes. If that is what you really want to say, you can add the word "suddenly". This is something you might hear fairly often: "I suddenly found myself thinking, 'what have I gotten myself into?'" This is something you would say when you realize that your actions have led you to a situation that you didn't anticipate.

But more often "found myself" with a verb like thinking, feeling, wondering, etc. just means that you are talking about your mind at that particular time.

aha, thank you

Originally Posted by TATY

I'd say "A Bunch of Questions." Although I wouldn't say 'bunch of', I'm not American

What would you say, a Significant but not Overwhelming Number of Questions?

Are you Cockney? Would you say, a Captain Crunch of Questions?

Curiously,
MK

Originally Posted by astronomer

1. If I say in English "They have been going to the pool", does it be
translate like "Они _пошли_ в бассейн".

Here are a few examples:

1) A. - Why do they keep talking about swimming?
B. - They have been going to the pool (lately).

A. - Почему они все время говорят о плавании?
B. - Они ходят в бассейн (последнее время).

2) They have been going to the pool for three weeks.
Они ходят в бассейн уже три недели.

Originally Posted by Vadim84

Originally Posted by astronomer

1. If I say in English "They have been going to the pool", does it be
translate like "Они _пошли_ в бассейн".

Here are a few examples:

1) A. - Why do they keep talking about swimming?
B. - They have been going to the pool (lately).

A. - Почему они все время говорят о плавании?
B. - Они ходят в бассейн (последнее время).

2) They have been going to the pool for three weeks.
Они ходят в бассейн уже три недели.

OK. Vadim84, спасибо!