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How do you say "X is my only friend" in Russian?
For example:
Alcohol is my only friend.
Google translate uses the word единственные, but when I try to find example sentences containing this word, I don't get many results, so I'm suspicious about whether this word is right or not.
We say it like this: «имя» - мой единственный друг.
Or if it's a female: «имя» - моя единственная подруга. 😊😊😊😊😊
In reference to a person of course. But you're talking about alcohol here, so just take my first example and put the word алкоголь at the beginning!
It's OK to say
Алкоголь — мой единственный друг.
Or Мой единственный друг — алкоголь.
Another less formal variant would be:
У меня только один друг — алкоголь. Or У меня нет друзей, кроме бутылки.
It'd be better for you to use бутылка or водка instead of the more general word, алкоголь, which sounds formal. But you'd be better off just finding a different friend (just kidding).
Алкоголь — мой единственный друг. Мой единственный друг - алкоголь. Друг мой единственный - алкоголь. Алкоголь - друг мой единственный. // my only - мой единственный Все формы уместны, но в разном контексте.
