Questions tagged [verb-aspects]
Questions dealing with intricacies of grammatical aspects of verbs both in fashioning and in usage.
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Do “целить” and “нацеливать” mean the same thing?
They both seems to mean “to aim”, but dictionaries seem to indicate that it’s:
наце́лить – наце́ливать
which constitute an aspectual pair, and not
це́лить – наце́лить
as I have previously thought....
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Verbs of motion with prefix “у-” and “при-”
I am currently learning how to use verbs of motion with the prefixes у- and при- to express that someone departs from or arrives at a certain location.
However, I struggle with the following sentence ...
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Aspectual pairs with one reflexive
Normally a reflexivity of a verb stays the same regardless of aspect (not talking about semantic derivation). But I have learned three exceptions to this rule already:
станови́ться – стать (but: ...
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Intepretation of the imperfective participle “переводивший”
In the sentence:
Cтуденты, переводившие эту статью, говорят, что она очень трудная.
¿Is the meaning one of a perfect action of the type "Students, having translated this article,..." or is it more ...
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(по)вредить with accusative and/or dative
According to my dictionary (Kenneth Katzner, link), see attached pic,
I think I should use the dative case after this verb. BTW, the повредить entry basically directed me to the вредить entry. ...
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What's the appropriate verb for the following context? (найти Vs. находить)
I just want to say "I need to find it", or "The main thins is that you will find it" (for example, the key, the document, etc.). Now I am not sure which verb is more appropriate to the context that I ...
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What is the difference between the forms of verbs?
Very often in russian verbs have two forms, some examples are:
делать/сделать
встречаться/встретиться
My russian friends keep telling it is important to differentiate both but cannot explain to me ...
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Off-aspect conjugations
It has been confusing me the fact that a few verbs have participles which, according to textbooks, normally don't match a particular verb aspect (perfective or imperfective).
For example, гореть (imp....
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Imperative with imperfective verbs
Is it rude to use imperative with imperfective verbs?
Like, suppose you are a customs officer asking someone to open their case, you could probably (I'm just guessing at this point) say either:
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Perfective of таскать
Before asking my question, let me tell what I know about verbs of motion so far:
-For each verb of motion in English (ex.: to go) there are multiple verbs in Russian;
-Each nuance of motion verbs in ...
