"I miss you."

[soidisantfille.livejournal.com]

What is the equivalent of "I miss..." in Russian, of someone/thing that is of sentimental value to you, but whom/which you haven't seen or had in a while? I asked my Russian friend, who's been living in Canada for almost ten years, and all she could think of at the time was "Мне не хватит..."

Comments

[another-kashin.livejournal.com]

"Мне не хватает", "Я скучаю".

[another-kashin.livejournal.com]

Первыйнах!

[solito.livejournal.com]

фи

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

I would dearly love to remind that 1. the working language of this community is English, and 2. that, according to the community rules (http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=learn_russian), everybody is asked to keep potentially offensive language to himself.

[schwarzer-tod.livejournal.com]

"First post" is offensive? Or does Fi mean something naughty?

[malaya-zemlya.livejournal.com]

It's "Нах" which is offensive.

This expression is just used for stress. Much like "f***ing", it doesn't mean anything specific.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

This does not exactly means "first post," it is formed by the word "first" and a part of an obscene expression.

[vladon.livejournal.com]

I miss you = Я скучаю по тебе or Мне тебя не хватает.

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

Just remember in addition if you're going to say "you," you have to include по. Я по тебе скучаю. Well, if you're going to say pretty much anything else. Я по Америке скучаю, so on and so forth.

word order

[cincinnat.livejournal.com]

It's funny, but "я по Америке скучаю" sounds unnatural. Better say "я скучаю по Америке". But "я по тебе/нему/... скучаю" is quite alright. "Я скучаю по тебе/нему/..." is equally possible.

Re: word order

[ekeme-ndiba.livejournal.com]

It depends on the context. For example, imagine a dialog like this:

1st person. — Мне не нравится Америка. (I don't like America)
2nd person. — А я по Америке скучаю. (But I miss America).

And there such word order is pretty natural.

Re: word order

[cincinnat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's right =)