A little bit of you

[CarlitosMS]

Hello everybody

I would like to know how to translate this expresion, since the expression "λίγο από σένα" only has 71,000 results.

Context:
I just need a little bit of you to feel better, since I'm feeling lonely.

Kind regards
Carlos M.S.

 

[larshgf]

Google translate (sorry!):
"Χρειάζομαι μόνο λίγα από σας να νιώσετε καλύτερα, αφού αισθάνομαι μοναξιά"

 

[dmtrs]

I'm not sure I get the meaning of the phrase right, but if what I understand is correct, I would say:

Χρειάζομαι / Μου χρειάζεται κάτι (μικρό) από σένα* για να νιώσω καλύτερα, γιατί νιώθω μοναξιά.

*or: ένα (μικρό) κομμάτι από σένα

 

[Helleno File]

Familiar discussion but would "για να νιώθω καλύτερα" be better? Perhaps the singer in what I assume is one of Carlos' songs is in an optimistic frame of mind and is looking for a longer term improvement!

 

[dmtrs]

would "για να νιώθω καλύτερα" be better?

Interesting thought, Helleno File, but the choice of tense in the phrase "since I'm feeling lonely" that follows gives the whole sentence a sense of here and now, I think, rather than one of from now on or forever. Am I wrong?

 

[Helleno File]

Interesting thought, Helleno File, but the choice of tense in the phrase "since I'm feeling lonely" that follows gives the whole sentence a sense of here and now, I think, rather than one of from now on or forever. Am I wrong?

There's no right or wrong and both are arguable. Greek offers two possibilites which English leaves unstated.

 

[Andrious]

Χρειάζομαι / Μου χρειάζεται κάτι (μικρό) από σένα* για να νιώσω καλύτερα, γιατί νιώθω μοναξιά.

*or: ένα (μικρό) κομμάτι από σένα

I´d choose the second one, since the first one may imply a small gift.

 

[eno2]

να νιώσετε

That can't be right.

*or: ένα (μικρό) κομμάτι από σένα

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