Can anyone tell me what these things mean please??
1. Неужели это всё мне?
2. А вот и я.
3. Мне так много не надо.
4. Продукты только в одной сумке. А в другой сумке лекарства.
5. Неужели это всё лекарства.
6. Вот так.
7. А я никогда токого раньше не видел.
8. Ну, вот... (Well, here...)
9. Это не опасно? Does this mean "Is this dangerous?" If yes, why is the 'не' there?
1. Неужели это всё мне?
2. А вот и я.
3. Мне так много не надо.
4. Продукты только в одной сумке. А в другой сумке лекарства.
5. Неужели это всё лекарства.
6. Вот так.
7. А я никогда токого раньше не видел.
8. Ну, вот... (Well, here...)
9. Это не опасно? Does this mean "Is this dangerous?" If yes, why is the 'не' there?
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Date: 2005-11-18 08:25 am (UTC)2. Here I am (as in "I'm back, did you miss me?")
3. I don't need so many (or "so much")
4. Only one of the bags is with foodstuffs. The other one is medicines.
5. Are all of these really medicines?
6. That's it/That's the way it is/There you go/Here you are (it can mean pretty much anything, depending on the context).
7. Well.../Right... (this one is just a filler -- context needed).
9. Are you sure it's not dangerous? I hope this isn't dangerous. This isn't dangerous, is it?
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Date: 2005-11-18 08:29 am (UTC)Не опасно = safe
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Date: 2005-11-18 08:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-18 08:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-18 08:46 am (UTC)2. Here I am.
3. I don't need so much of it.
4. The food is only in one of the bags. There are medicines in the other one.
5. Could all of this be medicines?
6. Like this.
7. But I have never seen such things before.
8. So far, so good ...
9. Is this dangerous? ("не" softens the question, it expresses less worry than "Это опасно?".
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Date: 2005-11-18 08:49 am (UTC)This works the same way as it does in English were someone to say "Isn't this dangerous?" Negating the statement invites the listener to assuage the speaker that it isn't dangerous.
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Date: 2005-11-18 09:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-18 11:21 am (UTC)context it's only a guess.
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Date: 2005-11-19 07:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-25 12:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-25 08:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-27 11:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-02 12:16 am (UTC)Following sentences are equal:
Это не опасно? Нет.
Это опасно? Нет.
Is this dangerous? No.
Это безопасно? Да.
Is this safe? Yes.
Positive answer to this kind of question is not allowed:
Это не опасно? Да.The meaning of answer "да" in this example isn't specified at all =)
Following sentences are equal too:
Это не опасно? Нет, это опасно.
Это опасно? Да.
Is this dangerous? Yes.
Это безопасно? Нет.
Is this safe? No.
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Date: 2005-12-02 12:18 am (UTC)