IlyaShpitser comments on Open Thread for February 11 - 17 - Less Wrong

3 Post author: Coscott 11 February 2014 06:08PM

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 13 February 2014 12:23:27PM 1 point [-]

'mne poslyshalos' I think. This one has connotations of 'hearing things,' though.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 13 February 2014 03:26:56PM 0 points [-]

Note: "Mne poslyshalis’ shagi na krishe." was the original example; I just removed the unchanging parts of the sentences.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 13 February 2014 03:33:29PM *  0 points [-]

Ah I see, yes you are right. That is the correct plural in this case. Sorry about that! 'Mne poslyshalos chtoto' ("something made itself heard by me") would be the singular, vs the plural above ("the steps on the roof made themselves heard by me."). Or at least I think it would be -- I might be losing my ear for Russian.