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сама первая призналась в любви

English translation: was the first to declare my love

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Russian term or phrase:сама первая призналась в любви
English translation:was the first to declare my love
Entered by: Jack Doughty

06:14 Jul 29, 2018
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature
Russian term or phrase: сама первая призналась в любви
Сашке я сама первая призналась в любви в письме, и вот поэтому на его положительный ответ не могла больше ответить взаимностью – стыдно.
Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 11:13
was the first to declare my love
Explanation:
Sasha, I was the first to declare my love, in a letter...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-07-29 10:06:17 GMT)
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I was the first to declare my love to Sashka...
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:13
Grading comment
Thank you for your help Jack! Tanks everybody!!!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5was the first to declare my love
Jack Doughty
4open up (I opened up in a letter on my love to Sashka)
RaissaGMF
Summary of reference entries provided
was the first to confess my love to Sasha
Turdimurod Rakhmanov

Discussion entries: 3





  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
was the first to declare my love


Explanation:
Sasha, I was the first to declare my love, in a letter...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-07-29 10:06:17 GMT)
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I was the first to declare my love to Sashka...

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 658
Grading comment
Thank you for your help Jack! Tanks everybody!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lazyt3ch
40 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  El oso: please note: СашкЕ (дательный падеж) i.e. she declared her love for Sashka
2 hrs
  -> Thank you also for the correction.
agree  John Amor: "was the first to declare my love" works perfectly
5 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Vladyslav Golovaty: to confess my love?
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thank you. Yes, could be.
agree  Sarah McDowell
1 day 21 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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1 day 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
open up (I opened up in a letter on my love to Sashka)


Explanation:
Не совсем уверена , что в данном контексте declare и confess подходят по сысловой нагрузке.

open up or come forward or wrote a letter about my love думаю будут более подходящими вариантами.

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RaissaGMF
United States
Local time: 21:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Russian
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Reference comments


4 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: was the first to confess my love to Sasha

Reference information:
I believe that there is a slight difference or shade between confessing and declaring one's love.
Here she confessed, in other words, Sasha asked her that if she loves him and she admitted or accepted that, I don't think a girl will declare her love first, in my eyes, she admitted that she loves him.
Declare one's love I believe, is to announce or tell that love.
У меня такое ощущение что в контексте имеется в виду "admit or accept one's love",


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Note added at 6 hrs (2018-07-29 13:12:17 GMT)
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https://www.wikihow.com/Confess-Your-Love-to-Someone You can also write your confession into a letter, if you cannot be with the one you love. This method can still be very intimate, even if it is a little more abstract.


    https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/388608/word-for-confess-love-to-someone
Turdimurod Rakhmanov
Kyrgyzstan
Native speaker of: Native in UzbekUzbek, Native in KirghizKirghiz
PRO pts in category: 27

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  John Amor: This also works, but note that the highlighted phrase in the question does not contain "Сашке"
1 hr
  -> Thank you. Here I wanted to mention the difference "confess" and "declare".
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