"Он всегда готовит ужин сам."
Translation:He always makes dinner by himself.
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Should "he always makes himself dinner" also be accepted? I can't decide if it means something subtly different or not.
"He makes himself dinner" = he makes dinner for himself. "He makes dinner himself" = he is the one making the dinner, probably without any help.
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Maybe, but more correct would be to use the word "один" for alone. Hence, "Он всегда готовит ужин один".
Wouldnt accept "he always cooks dinner himself" i hsd to put "supper" them when i get it right it says that "dinner" is preferred!
To me, if I make dinner, it might involve things not cooking, like a salad. If I cook dinner, there's heat involved, either on the stove ir in the oven.
I wrote "he always cooks dinner for himself" and it was considered wrong. Shouldn't it be accepted?
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Сам apparently means "by himself" whereas "for himself" would be для себя. MattRobins1 explained the difference in the earlier comments.
This is not a mistake. It is better English to say..He always makes himself dinner.
"He always cooks dinner for himself" was marked incorrect. Should it have been?
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Сам apparently means "by himself" and "for himself" would be для себя. MattRobins1 explained the English difference in the earlier comments.
- 2004
"He cooks alone" implies that he is on his own, perhaps lonely, definitely around no one else. However, this is more of a "by himself" kind of meaning - more of, "without anyone else's assistance."
Also "for himself" is not a correct translation for this sentence.
"He always cooks dinner for himself" is "Он всегда готовит ужин для себя". This means that he just cooks for himself. While "cooks by himself" means that he cooks for somebody, perhaps for himself, or for his family, or for his masters or employers etc.
Ah, that is good insight. I wondered about the potential nuance of "by himself," too.
I put 'He always makes dinner himself' and lost a heart. Do they penalise for not putting punctuation?
Don't forget about adding the third person singular "s". "He always cooks the dinner by himself" is accepted.
I think "He always makes dinner for himself" should be also accepted, how can it goes wrong?
"For himself" means "для себя" while "himself" is "сам". The meaning is different. If he makes dinner for himself it means that he is the one who does the cooking and he is the one who eats it. If he makes dinner himself it means that he is the one who does the cooking but it doesn't say anything about who eats it (perhaps his whole family).
"Сам" is not quite alone. He can have company; they just don't help him or do it for him.
I put "cooks" instead of "makes" and it wasnt accepted. :( it should have been right?