The "would you rather" game
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learn_russiancan you please tell me how I would say the following:
Would you rather VERB or VERB? I assume in this construction you would use two present tense verbs.
or
Would you prefer X or Y? Is it the same if followed by a verb or by a noun? If a noun, in the nominative case?
Thank you for all your collective insights.
[edited to add:] Thank you, everyone. A common mistake which language learners make (and I provided a STUNNING example) is the desire to exactly translate a phrase, instead of reaching for one that is simpler and expresses the same idea.
That idea: Что лучше - X или Y?
Would you rather VERB or VERB? I assume in this construction you would use two present tense verbs.
or
Would you prefer X or Y? Is it the same if followed by a verb or by a noun? If a noun, in the nominative case?
Thank you for all your collective insights.
[edited to add:] Thank you, everyone. A common mistake which language learners make (and I provided a STUNNING example) is the desire to exactly translate a phrase, instead of reaching for one that is simpler and expresses the same idea.
That idea: Что лучше - X или Y?
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