"Ты далеко живёшь?"

Translation: Do you live far off?

[ThaleZOliver]

This phrase could be like this??
Ты живёшь далеко
Or the adverb just can come between the pronoun and the verb

[OmarMahmoudov]

Both are correct but you better put the adverb before the verb so it won't sound weird.

[ScottyKeller]

why is the sentence in this order though? Is it because it is a question?
I think I just saw [Я живу далеко.]...

[sp.ark]

No matter where the adverb is, sounds good in any versions.
Even Далеко (ли) ты живешь? not rarely asked.

[edyapd]

Correct:
Ты далеко живёшь?
Далеко ты живёшь?
Ты живёшь далеко?
Далеко живёшь ты?
Живёшь далеко ты?
Живёшь ты далеко?
Но первые два, легче в произношении и восприятии на слух./But the first two, it is easier in pronunciation and listening comprehension.

[Jiinme]

Okay, but i thought the last word in a sentence was kind of the important one. The emphasised one. Isn't далеко supposed to be the important part of the question ?

[SergejKos]

No, in this case далеко and живешь - equivalent important. Ты близко работаешь? Low important is "ты", may be skip as "Далеко живёшь?"

[mantpaa]

You live far away. - was denied?

[JanisaChatte]

It's accepted now.

[DanBeuc]

it's not...just refused

[BampaOwl]

But not "a long way away". :-(

[alex.maslov]

Do you live far away? - accepted

[Prosek73]

Where is the stress in daleko?

[OmarMahmoudov]

Obviously, on O ^_^ since it's not pronounced like A :)

[nasstyshka]

It was reading too fast

[Caleb590529]

I keep hitting the submit button accidentally thinking its the spacebar. Iya dumb

[Pimsri]

I put in Живёшь.. i'm sorry, but i don't quite understand here...

[KH40bu]

Both Russian and English have different ways to phrase things.. obviously. Russian speakers live in a pretty broad geographical area, as do various types of English speakers. This question sounds as if it phrased in British English...so what?

[noxxi2]

this went very fast

[Quixotic317]

Why is far away before live?

[Iamamis]

Ты живёшь далеко?

[JuvenW]

Why should we put the verb in the 2nd position:
"Ты живёшь далеко?" Thanks!

[Shawn33773]

Who in any English speaking region ever says, "do you live FAR OFF?"? Yet, "Do you live far away?" is not accepted. Bull butter.

[DrageFem]

I have never heard anyone say or seen anyone write, «do you live far?».

[Jamie1531]

An Engish speaker would never use tbe word "off" in this sentence. "Off" is the opposite of "on" in most cases. It's used in old musicals, "I'm off to see the wizard" (wizard of oz), but never in real life.

[carbsrule]

You should probably look at English dialects beyond your own before making such absolute statements.

[Alexander_2983]

Всё-таки: "far off" or "far-off"? Is there a difference in usage (writing-speaking)?

[royalh23]

We ain't learning English here, we are learning Russian.

[scottled1]

So "You far away live" is right but sounds ridiculous. Am I the only one confused by this "language"? "Me Tarzan, you Jane" is what this sounds like. Marginal literacy at best.

[carbsrule]

How dare other languages use different syntax, right?

[Apyrase]

It seems pretty logical when you consider it. The modifiers come before the word being modified. It's how english treats adjectives and nouns. First you say "blue" (the modifier) and then you say "ball" (the word being modified). "Far away" is modifying "live" so is put first. English reverses the order when it comes to verbs and adverbs, but there is no reason to think this is superior literacy. It is just the grammatical convension of the language.

[Halezdra]

I'm so glad I was born bilingual. Otherwise, I'd have the kind of ignorance scottled1 has over other language's syntax.

[royalh23]

We ain't learning English here, we're learning Russian.

[J1DM1u]

Russian--good. I very like.