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"Я всегда вспоминаю тебя, когда читаю эту книгу."
Translation:I always remember you when I read this book.
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I'm here just to share that some days ago in the middle of the night I had what was to me a great insight: that Всегда, meaning always, consists of the word "всё" (all, everything), followed by the particle "гда", that shows up in time related words (like когда, никогда, иногда, тогда). I was very happy with that =). Has someone else thought of that?
I've had trouble remembering whether всегда or иногда means always, this is a great way to remember. Thank you!
Yes, I've had trouble keeping those straight too. Indeed, this is s very helpful tip. Спасибо!
Couldn't "I always remember you when reading this book" also work? Or do you have to have the second "I" in the sentence?
It's less about the second "I" than about the whole grammatical structure.
"I always remember you while/when reading this book" has a direct analogue in Russian:
"Я всегда вспоминаю тебя, читая эту книгу."
I'll grant you that the meaning of the two sentences (the suggested one & yours) is nearly identical, but Duo is often picky insisting on preserving the grammatical structure whenever possible. It is definitely possible here, so why do you feel compelled to deviate from it?
I find that it's inconsistent in what it is picky about. Maybe this is just the case in the earlier lessons.
Perhaps. The inconsistencies are often a result of (questionable) alternative translations added by weakhearted moderators. As a result some exercises allow for broader latitude than others.
Here I see no particular reason to cave in: the same grammatical structure works in both languages, so why change it?
Bcпоминать/вспомнить (imperfective/perfective) - to retrieve from memory, to recall. "To remember" works in some contexts (like this one), but I would not generically translate "вспоминать" as "to remember".
Помнить - to retain in memory, the most generic meaning of "to remember".
Запоминать/запомнить (imperfective/perfective) - to memorise, to store something in memory.
It should be translated as either I'm always reminded of you or I always think of you. The suggested "I always remember you" implies that you forget about the person altogether, and are reminded of its existence upon reading the book. This is not the most plausible interpretation of the situation.
I think that: "I always think about you when I read this book" stylistically sounds more natural in English.
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I said 'whenever' , rather than 'when', which I would say is correct English idiom, but of course Duo said no.
Does "вспомнить" also mean "to mention something"? I remember reading a sentence where it could also mean that
читаю means read/reading when the subject is я, so the "I" is implied. zirkul made a post above explaining a bit further on why the "I" cannot be missing in this exact translation
Why can't this be interpreted as I always remember you when reading this book?
тебя here is genitive or accusative ? I ask this question because, in Italian, both are possible, with a little change in meaning: Ti ricordo (direct object): I retain you in memory; mi ricordo di te (specification complement, genitive in Latin): I retrieve you from my memory.
If the book reminds a person of someone (perhaps a character in the book bares some similiraties to them or the book was given to the person by that someone) then the sentence would be applicable in that situation.
