Я ненавижу школу
The English phrase "i hate school" is translated into Russian as Я ненавижу школу.
You use Я ненавижу школу to express that you hate school.
How does it change in a sentence?
In the phrase Я ненавижу школу, the verb ненавижу is the first-person singular conjugation of ненавидеть (to hate). The word for school changes from the nominative школа to the accusative школу because it is the direct object of the verb ненавижу.
Did you know?
- In Russian slang, a student might skip the formal verb entirely and use 'хейтить' (to hate), a direct loanword from English used frequently by younger generations.
- In Russian, you can express 'I hate school' more emphatically by adding the word терпеть не могу, which literally translates to 'I cannot tolerate'.
- Russian grammar allows the speaker to drop the pronoun я entirely. Saying ненавижу школу is more common in casual speech than including the subject.
Examples in context
- Я ненавижу школу.I hate school.Tatoeba #5162648 by marafon, translation #4747564 by CK
- Я ненавижу школу!I hate school!
- Мне надоела школа.I'm tired of school.
- Я ненавижу школу, когда там много контрольных.Ya nenavizhu shkolu, kogda tam mnogo kontrol'nykh.I hate school when there are many tests.
- Скажи честно, ты всё ещё говоришь: «Я ненавижу школу»?Skazhi chestno, ty vsyo yeshchyo govorish': "Ya nenavizhu shkolu"?Tell me honestly, do you still say, "I hate school"?
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
