Elvira Rozakhunovaadded a comment 9 years ago
именно не друг, а знакомая
Go to Questions & Answers
Elvira Rozakhunovaasked for translation 9 years ago
How to translate? (ru-en)
моя знакомая
User translations (4)
- 1.
an acquaintance of mine
translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold ru-en4 - 2.
my acquaintance
example
Она всего лишь/просто моя знакомая.
Example translation
She's just my acquaintance.
translation added by Golden FishBronze ru-en1 - 3.
my friend
translation added by Svetlana Sertakova0 - 4.
добрый знакомый — good friend
шапочный знакомый — nodding acquaintance, passing acquaintance
translation added by Ratmir vostok900
Discussion (5)
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 9 years ago
GoldenFish: She's just an acquaintance of mine. When you have more than one kind of person in your life, i.e. friends, siblings, cousins, professors, you avoid the pattern MY... because it sounds like you only have one.
Golden Fishadded a comment 9 years ago
Oh, really?...
Thank you, it's the first time I've heard this rule)
So, if I understand you right it's grammatically correct, but it sounds a little bit strange for native speaker? I mean - not idiomatic). Yes?
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 9 years ago
Correct. That's why you often hear people say "a professor of mine" because if they say "my professor" it sounds like they just have one.
Golden Fishadded a comment 9 years ago
Спасибо Вам, Uly)