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[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

Which one of the множество причастий и деепричастий do I use in a sentence such as "I never worry about making myself a fool?"

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[fint.livejournal.com]

если не ошибаюсь
действительное причастие настоящего времени

[temcat.livejournal.com]

1) Причастий и деепричастий :-)

2) They don't belong in this phrase at all. Theoretically, you could use a verbal noun to translate "making", but it would be extremely awkward. I would translate it like this: Я никогда не беспокоюсь по поводу того, что могу [ поставить себя в глупое положение | выставить себя дураком | etc... ]

[gintaras.livejournal.com]

You should say 'множество причастий и деепричастий'. ;-)

And Russian hasn't an expression 'to make someone a fool'. AFAIK :)

[temcat.livejournal.com]

A simpler variant: Я никогда не боюсь поставить себя в глупое положение.

[payalnik.livejournal.com]

"показаться дураком" is close to the original meaning

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

Oy! Thanks for the correction.

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

Ack! These многоs kill me. On a side not: When using многие, that can only refer to people, right? So what would one say when one wants to say "We were speaking about a lot of books?"

[temcat.livejournal.com]

No, you can use "многие" with inanimate entities, too.

Мы говорили [ о множестве книг | о многих книгах ].

[yms.livejournal.com]

Yes, the phrase with "worry about doing smth." is built without причастий и деепричастий: "Меня не заботит то, что я буду выглядеть дураком" or "Я никогда не боюсь свалять дурака". BTW, the word "никогда" is slightly longer and clumsier than "never", and thus it's used slightly less often...

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

Which word would you use then?

[yms.livejournal.com]

Just "не".
I mean, in English you sometimes say "I never..." when it's logically enough just to say "I don't...". In Russian you more often say "Я не...", and if you want to stress that it's really "never", you say "Я никогда не...". (btw, it's yet longer because you must add "не" after "никогда", unlike in English.)

[vladon.livejournal.com]

to make someone a fool = выставить кого-либо дураком.
to make a fool of oneself = выставить себя дураком, свалять дурака...

[vladon.livejournal.com]

"Я не боюсь показаться дураком".