Elena Bogomolovaadded a comment 8 years ago
Если в прошедшем времени, то afforded
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Polina Melekhinaasked for translation 8 years ago
How to translate? (en-ru)
Today I afford myself to buy an expensive book правильно составлено предложение?
User translations (3)
- 1.
today I treated myself to an expensive book
translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold en-ru3 - 2.
Today I can afford to buy an expensive book.
translation added by Талгат МырзахановGold en-ru1 - 3.
Today I afforded myself to buy an expensive book правильно составлено предложение?
EditedToday I afforded myself to buy an expensive book
translation added by Евгений ЖабаровскийBronze en-ru0
Discussion (6)
Vladislav Jeongadded a comment 8 years ago
нужен ли MYSELF?
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 8 years ago
All the variants with "afford" are incorrect. Afford means to have enough money to buy something, not to allow yourself a luxury.
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 8 years ago
When you spend more money than you normally would on something for yourself, you treat yourself to something.
Vladislav Jeongadded a comment 8 years ago
Тогда можно сказать "today, I can afford to buy...", что бы значило I can buy it today, right, Uly?
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 8 years ago
CAN AFFORD is tricky because it just means that you have enough money. For example, you could say something like "when I was in school, I couldn't even buy a cup of coffee. Now I can afford champagne." This is a statement about how much money you have, not your ability to spend money on one occasion – except in the negative: "I'm going to have to pass, I just can't afford it right now." If the original post is about being able to buy something, then I would say "As of today, I have enough money to buy myself an expensive book." This implies that the speaker has had his eye on the book for a while and has been saving money to buy it.