Kukaan ei tuntunut ylistävän sitä, kuinka paljon välitin muista itseni kustannuksella. Kukaan ei huolehtinut minusta, koska en huolehtinut itsestäni ja onnestani.
Nobody seemed to appreciate how much I cared about others at the expense of myself. Nobody cared about me because I didn't care about myself and my happiness.
* tuntua : (intransitive) to feel like, seem, appear (with genitive or possessive form of present or past active participle 'to do/have done')
* ylistää : (transitive, usually atelic) to praise
* välittää : (intransitive) to take care of, care about (with elative)
* kustannus : expense, cost
* jonkun/jonkin kustannuksella : at somebody's expense, at the expense of something
* huolehtia : to care, look after, take care of (jostakin: of)
* onni : happiness, luck, fortune
Kukaan ei tuntunut odottavan minulta paljon mitään, mutta onnistumisia aina välillä osui kohdalleni, ja porukka tuntui ihmettelevän, miten se oli mahdollista.
Nobody seemed to expect much of anything from me, but I was successful every now and then, and people seemed to wonder how it was possible.
* odottaa : (transitive, usually atelic) to wait (for), expect, anticipate
* onnistuminen : success
* onnistua : (intransitive) to succeed
* Fourth Infinitive : The -minen form of the verb is the "nounalized" verb. Add -minen to the strong stem of the verb.
* osua : (intransitive) to hit, strike, get
* kohdalle : (postposition) to, to the position of (with genitive)
* osua kohdalleen : to hit the mark
* porukka : gang, band, crowd
* ihmetellä : (intransitive, transitive, usually atelic) to wonder, ponder, ask in surprise