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Title:
A quotation from Griboedov's 'GOre ot umA' that states a link between being in love and being unaware of time
Answer:
SchastLIViye chasOv ne nablyudAyut
 
Hints:
1. those who are happy don't feel the time go by (put in a poetic, non-colloquial way)
2. schAst'ye = happiness
3. here: time = hours = 'chasY'
 
Equivalents:
1. Te, kto schAstlivy, ne zamechAyut vrEmeni.
2. SchastLIViye lyUdi ne zamechAyut kak prokhOdit vrEmya.
3. SchastLIViye lyUdi ne zamechAyut kak leTIT vrEmya.
 
Explanation:
This quotation sounds poetic and in a way old-fashioned (speakers of modern Russian would never put it that way, because literally the quotation means: happy (people) don't observe hours). We would rather say something like: Te, kto schAstlivy, ne zamechAyut vrEmeni. It is also possible to say: SchastLIViye lyUdi ne zamechAyut kak prokhOdit vrEmya /ne zamechAyut kak leTIT vrEmya. By 'happy people' Griboedov meant those who are in love. This is clear from the context of his literary work 'GOre ot umA' - a very enjoyable and smart, thought provoking piece of writing. By the way, the Russian phrase 'vrEmya leTIT' is equivalent to the English 'time flies'.

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Rating: 5 January 26, 2006
 
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Rating: 5 August 22, 2004
I just wondering as I am a native speaker who was raised in an English country and grammatically i HAVE some difficulties...would the expression not be schastlivIX chasov? Or when using such an expression, I can't remember the
padedsh but thought the noun declines. Would be interesting to know.
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Guest
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July 21, 2004
 
Instead of "SchastLIViye chasOv ne nablyudAyut", in Russian we say "СчастлИвые часОв не наблюдАют"
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