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optimist
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- Ты оптими́ст. You're an optimist.
- Я должен быть оптими́стом. I have to be optimistic.
- В чём ра́зница между немцем-оптимистом и немцем-пессимистом? Оптими́ст у́чит англи́йский, а пессими́ст — ру́сский. What is the difference between a German optimist and a German pessimist? The optimist learns English; the pessimist learns Russian.
- Я оптими́ст. I'm an optimist.
- Я не оптими́ст. I'm not optimistic.
- Дава́йте будем оптими́стами. Let's be optimistic.
- Я не наи́вен, просто я оптими́ст. I'm not naive, I'm just an optimist.
- Эрик ве́чный оптими́ст. Eric is an eternal optimist.
- Оптими́ст, глядя в зе́ркало, стано́вится более оптимисти́чным, а пессими́ст — более пессимисти́чным. The optimist looks into a mirror and becomes more optimistic, the pessimist more pessimistic.
- Несмотря на все свои́ неуда́чи, он остаётся оптими́стом. Despite all his setbacks, he remains an optimist.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | оптими́ст | оптими́сты |
| gen. genitive | оптими́ста | оптими́стов |
| dat. dative | оптими́сту | оптими́стам |
| acc. accusative | оптими́ста | оптими́стов |
| inst. instrumental | оптими́стом | оптими́стами |
| prep. prepositional | оптими́сте | оптими́стах |
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