Do these correct phrases?
Читать про себя
To read silently
1. I usually read silently
2. I’m reading silently at the moment
3. I read it silently yesterday
4. I was reading silently for a few hours yesterday
5. Please, read silently!
6. I’m definitely reading it tomorrow, but silently, not loudly.
7. I might read it tomorrow, but silently, not loudly.
8. I’m going to read it tomorrow, but I will read silently, not loudly.
9. I will read it tomorrow, but silently, not loudly.
10. May I read it silently, not loudly?
1. Я обычно читаю про себя (не вслух)
2. Я сейчас читаю про себя (не вслух)
3. Я прочитала это про себя вчера (не вслух)
4. Я читала это про себя вчера несколько часов (не вслух)
5. Пожалуйста, читай про себя! (не вслух)
6. Я точно прочитаю это завтра, но про себя, не вслух
7. Я, возможно, прочитаю это завтра, но про себя, не вслух
8. Я собираюсь прочитать это завтра, но я буду читать про себя, не вслух
9. Я прочитаю это завтра, но про себя, не вслух
10. Можно я прочитаю про себя, не вслух?
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Are these sentences correct?
Читать про себя
To read silently
1. I usually read silently.
2. I’m reading silently at the moment.
3. I read it silently yesterday
4. I was reading silently for a few hours yesterday.
5. Please, read silently!
6. I’m definitely reading it tomorrow, but silently, not out loud. [variant: not aloud.]
7. I might read it tomorrow, but silently, not out loud. [variant: not aloud.]
8. I’m going to read it tomorrow, but I will read silently, not out loud. [variant: not aloud.]
9. I will read it tomorrow, but silently, not out loud. [variant: not aloud.]
10. May I read it silently, not out loud? [variant: not aloud.]
"Loudly" is громко, and "not loudly" is тихо. When you read вслух, you read "out loud" (variant: aloud), and when you read про себя, you read (a) silently, or (b) not . . . out loud/aloud. Example: He was reading silently. = He was not (wasn't) reading out loud. He wasn't reading alound
There is another, very common way of saying про себя: "to oneself". Examples: I am reading silently. = I am reading to myself. Please read silently! = Please read to yourself [one person] Please read to to yourselves [two or more people]. She sat for hours, reading silently. = She sat for hours, reading to herself.
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the 8th sentence sounds a bit cheesy I guess :)
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