Three Ways To Express Interest In Russian

Three Ways to Express Interest in Russian

In Russian, there are three distinct grammatical structures to convey interest in something:

Я интересуюсь политикой.

Translation: I am interested in politics, I care about politics.

Structure: Я + интересуюсь + Instrumental

Меня интересует политика.

Translation: Politics interests me, I find politics interesting.

Structure: Меня (Accusative) + интересует (интересуют for plural) + Nominative

Мне интересна политика.

Translation: Politics is interesting to me.

Structure: Мне (Dative) + интересна (интересен/интересно/интересны) + Nominative

Bonus:

Я заинтересован в политике.

Translation: I have an interest in politics (for example, it's my business).

Structure: Я + заинтересован + в + Prepositional

Listen to the audio to learn how to pronounce these phrases correctly!

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умерший (m, single), умершая (f, single) – deceased, dead покойный, покойная – deceased [derived from покой (peace)] покойник, покойница – deceased [derived from покой (peace)] усопший, усопшая – deceased [derived from church-old Russian «to fall asleep»] почивший, почившая – deceased [pretty outdated, derived from old Russian «to fall asleep»] преставившийся, преставившаяся – deceased [church-old Russian, from an old Russian verb with meaning “to transit, to transfer”] погибший, погибшая – perished, a person who died an unnatural violent death

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почить – to die [perfect form of the obsolete verb “почить”, to fall asleep] уснуть вечным сном, уснуть навеки - to sleep an eternal sleep, to fall asleep forever приказать долго жить – to order to live long отправиться к праотцам - to go to the forefathers отдать Богу душу - to give God a soul отправиться на тот свет - to go to that world отойти от мира сего - to depart from this world отойти в лучший мир - to depart to a better world отойти в мир иной - to depart to another world испустить последний вздох - to breathe a last breath испустить дух - to give up the spirit сойти в гроб - to descend into the coffin сойти в могилу - to descend into the tomb лечь в сырую землю - to lie down in the damp earth

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почить в бозе - to rest in god [an outdated ecclesiastical expression, can be used by very religious people or in an ironic, mocking way]

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