Word
Рад тебя видеть.
Meaning
(Said by a man) Glad to see you.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Рад тебя видеть.
рад тебя видеть
glad to see you
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Questions & Answers about Рад тебя видеть.
Why is it рад and not a full adjective form like радный or something similar?
Рад is a short-form adjective meaning glad. In modern Russian, this word is normally used in the short form when talking about a person’s feeling:
- Я рад = I’m glad (masculine speaker)
- Я рада = I’m glad (feminine speaker)
- Мы рады = We’re glad
So in Рад тебя видеть, рад works like glad in Glad to see you.
Why is it тебя and not ты?
Because тебя is the accusative/genitive form of ты, and here it is the object of видеть (to see).
- ты = you as the subject
- тебя = you as the object
Compare:
- Ты видишь меня = You see me
- Я вижу тебя = I see you
In Рад тебя видеть, the hidden idea is basically I am glad to see you, so you has to be in the object form: тебя.
Why is видеть in the infinitive instead of вижу?