Learn how to say I adore in Russian and to recognize when Russians make a mistake with this word!

Hello again, guys! And today we will continue to look at some comments made on a «прикольный мультик» ‘Masha and the Bear’ – «Маша и Медведь».

This will help you to not just understand Russian written and colloquial speech better, but also learn when Russians make mistakes in their writing!

These profound comments will teach you how to say ‘I adore’ in Russian

As you see here we have four comments: 1) «Прикольный мультик, обожаю Машу!!!!!» 2) «класс))обожаю этот мультик)» 3) «Обажаю этот мультик))))))» 4) «клас»

Let’s have a closer look at these.

Ok, the first one has to be really familiar to you. If it is not, would you mind reading this article where we have already discussed the words «прикольный» and «мультик». Just in case you are too lazy to read it, I will give you a quick reminder of the translation. «Прикольный» means ‘funny’, ‘cool’, ‘awesome’, ‘great’. «Мультик» is a short colloquial form of «мультфильм», a ‘cartoon’ (‘toon’).

The rest of this comment is «обожаю Машу!!!!!». «Обожаю» derives from «обожать» — to passionately love somebody, to adore. I adore in Russian sounds like «обожаю». «Обожаю» is a form of the verb that we use for ‘I’. You cannot say «обожаю» when you use another pronoun. For example, ‘She likes that cartoon’ in Russian sounds like «Она обожает этот мультик». Hope you noticed that the verb has a different ending.

When you say «обожаю» it’s not like a sentimental love confession. It’s when you want to hug somebody to death! And when it’s about things, not people, it means that you want to have it and have it and have it.

«Обожаю Машу!!!!» means ‘I adore Masha sooo much!!!’ I hope you didn’t notice that Masha doesn’t have ‘a’ on the end and has a different letter. Leave it for now, I’ll explain it some other day (when you have spare ten hours).

The second comment is «класс))обожаю этот мультик)» Not so many new words, are they?

«Класс» means ‘cool’, ‘super’, ‘tops!’ This word is kind of a loner, it usually stands without company. You may say «класс» in thousands of situations! Sometimes even in formal ones. «Класс» is a strong word, you say «класс» when you don’t feel like going deeply into the compliments, but you want others to know that you really appreciate something and find it remarkable. Say «класс» and nothing else.

In the rest of the phrase you already know «обожаю» and «мультик». «Этот» means ‘this’. So the whole phrase «обожаю этот мультик» is translated as ‘Gosh, I wish I had a couple of beers before watching it’ ‘I adore this cartoon!’

The third one «Обажаю этот мультик))))))» is written by someone who hasn’t finished school. And you can easily tell everybody why, can’t you? Yes, you are right – because it’s written «обажаю» instead of «обожаю». You already know how to spell I adore in Russian. Those Russians who haven’t read anything but profound graffiti on walls always make this mistake. They put ‘a’ instead of ‘o’. Don’t be too hard on them, they do it because it’s the way the word sounds – unstressed ‘o’ sounds like ‘a’.

But these mistakes are still worth mentioning, because otherwise some Russian learners might think it’s a separate word!

All the rest in this comment is understandable, isn’t it? «Этот» is ‘this’ and «мультик» means a ‘cartoon’.

Ok, the last and the lamest, «клас». It’s the same as «класс» only with a mistake. A commentator was definitely tired of typing and that’s why he forgot to put the last «-с» at the end to make it double.

Ok my darlings, that’s all for now! Take care and speak to you next time!

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