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- "Да, у меня хорошая кровь."
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Stares with an extremely piercing gaze... (one might almost say... impaling).
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Does this sentence only focus on the blood quality or could i mean "I'm from a good (noble) family"?
If I had to guess,I've seen a couple of like phrases before. Blood, seems to me, to be culturally associated with the quality and strength of one's character, or "breeding". If only metaphorically. The way a surname can be in English.
Well, this is an expression in english... usually said about animals, but has been related to people in a lot of movies etc.
Because the sentence is not focused on the existence of the blood, only on it's quality. It's already assumed that the person speaking does indeed have blood, and the only new information is that the blood is good.
Why not «моя кровь хорошо?» or something similar? I suppose the question is why use «у [genitive]» instead of a posessive?
Because the sentence is saying I have good blood. The есть is optional, and sounds more natural without it.
If the sentence was моя кровь хорошая then it would be "my blood is good" which while synonymous isn't the same sentence as "I have good blood".
Кровь is also a feminine noun, just as an aside.
Makes sense. If they're speaking then it is safe to assume that they do, indeed, have at least SOME blood.
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I used to be self conscious about the quality of my blood, but everyone told me to B positive.
Why does it assumes we can say this in such a short amount of time I am dyslexic I have enough trouble as it is trying to read English out loud let alone Russian, even with practice?
What do they mean by a good blood? Is it genetically better than others? Or it means "no race mix"? I realky dont get it. Anyway it is an awful way to speak
It could mean a lot of things, such as relating to nobility, or if you have universal donor blood. Or it could just be the easiest way for Duo to teach you that кровь is feminine.
