Breakdown of Это мой тост: пусть твои мечты сбываются!
это
this / it is
мой
my / mine
твой
your [informal]
пусть
let
мечта
dream
сбываться
to come true
тост
toast
Questions & Answers about Это мой тост: пусть твои мечты сбываются!
How does пусть work in this sentence?
Пусть translates to "let" or "may". To make a wish or command for a third party (like "your dreams"), Russian uses пусть followed by a verb in the present or future tense. Here, it pairs with the present tense verb сбываются to mean "may they come true".
Why use the imperfective present сбываются instead of the perfective future сбудутся?
Using the imperfective сбываются makes this a broad, ongoing wish ("may your dreams always come true in life"). If you used the perfective future сбудутся, it would sound more like a wish for specific, current dreams to achieve a final result ("may these dreams come true soon"). Both are grammatically correct, but the imperfective is very common for general toasts.
I see твои мечты means "your dreams". Why isn't it in the accusative case, since the English translation uses "let"?
In English, "let" is a verb that takes an object (like "let him go"). But in Russian, пусть is just a particle, not a verb! The actual verb here is сбываются, and its subject is твои мечты. Because it is the subject performing the action of "coming true", it stays in the nominative case.
Does the word тост also mean toasted bread like it does in English?
Yes! It is an English loanword that means both a piece of toasted bread and a celebratory drinking speech. As you can see here, the context almost always makes it obvious which one you mean.
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