Silly question

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

Which I seem to have forgotten, and have therefore avoided like the plague during conversation. What do you do with много after verbs that require declension, but before nouns that can only be singular?

Я желаю тебе много любви
Я желаю тебе многой любви

My brain said (2) but my heart says (1).

Comments

[alex-rex.livejournal.com]

много любви, but большой любви

[kehrmann.livejournal.com]

Listen to your heart :)
"Много" is adverb, not adjective.

[hartig.livejournal.com]

Better to say: желаю тебе большой любви

[spinysun.livejournal.com]

Много is an adverb, therefore one doesn't inflect it.
You may mix it up with an adjective многие (of course it's only used in plural), which can be inflected:
Многие люди считают...
Многих людей беспокоит...

There is also a noun многое (pl. многие).
Многое в русском языке вызывает сложности.

[marusya25.livejournal.com]

No, you better not say that ("многой любви"). It does not sound Russian and is grammatically incorrect.
"Многая лета" is a set archaic expression used only in this form (better not consider this example, it has nothing to do with your question).

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Многая лета is Church Slavonic, not Russian; it's a different language with a very different grammar. Многая лета is plural accusative - in modern Russian that'll be многих лет or, better, многие годы. You cannot apply Church Slavonic plural accusative to modern (or even archaic) Russian singular accusative, period.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

>"Многая лета" is a set archaic expression

It is simply a different language - Church Slavonic, not Russian.

[towarysc.livejournal.com]

Trust your heart

[firebottle.livejournal.com]

Well... your heart is smart, and your brain has more to train.
The word "много" is an adverb, not an adjective. If you really need an adjective here, use "желаю большой любви" instead.

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

Or even better: желаю тебе большой и чистой любви!
:)

[mithrilian.livejournal.com]

Love that scene!

[mithrilian.livejournal.com]

To add to the comments above, I would not recommend saying желаю много любви. Although grammatically this version is correct, it has a bit of double meaning. Smells like "many lovers". Not directly, but... a bit.

Better:

Желаю тебе счастья (impersonal, fits any occasion. use "вам" if you are on formal terms)
Желаю тебе много счастья.
Желаю тебе найти свою любовь. (if you're breaking up with this person.)

The version: "большой и чистой любви" is sort of friendly banter, being a famous quote from a popular movie (see clip above).

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

Which I seem to have forgotten, and have therefore avoided like the plague during conversation.

Exactly the way it happens with me sometimes. hehe.

You seem to have forgotten you journal, other than to post in this community. Why? No time to write? Pity.