[identity profile] soidisantfille.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] learn_russian
I can't figure out how to translate the following:

1. It's hard to live with a person like you.

2. You're not fooling anyone but yourself.

3. They only think about themselves.

4. They were laughing at themselves.

In general, can someone explain to me how to use "себя" properly?

Date: 2006-02-12 02:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] annyway.livejournal.com
1. Трудно жить с таким человеком, как ты.
2. Ты не одурачишь никого, кроме себя.
3. Они думают только о себе.
4. Они смеялись над собой.

Ok, себя - it`s just like "selves".

Date: 2006-02-12 04:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] b0bb.livejournal.com
2. Tы никого не обманываешь, кроме себя.

Sic.

Date: 2006-02-12 10:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] platonicus.livejournal.com
Ты обманываешь только себя самого.

Date: 2006-02-12 02:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] b0bb.livejournal.com
Also very good, though without the emphasis on the fact that the person is trying to fool others.

Date: 2006-02-12 02:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] defying-elphaba.livejournal.com
I hope I got it right... I had trouble with #2 and #4, so perhaps someone else can provide a better translation.

1. С человеком как ты, трудно жить.
2. Ты никого не дурачишь, кроме себя.
3. Они думают только о себе.
4. Они над самих собой смеялись.

Date: 2006-02-12 03:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] insaint.livejournal.com
4. Они над самих собой смеялись.

Они смеялись над собой.

Date: 2006-02-12 08:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wolk-off.livejournal.com
>С человеком как ты, трудно жить.

In fact, it's С таким человеком, как ты, трудно жить. This way the emphasis goes to "hard to live". If you need the emphasis on "a person like you," it's Трудно жить с таким человеком, как ты.

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