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What is the meaning of "понаехать"?
The colloquial пона- prefix, in general, describes something done to excess.
Понастроили домов! — Too many houses have been built!
Понапокупали прав! — Too many people have bribed their way into ...
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What is the meaning of "понаехать"?
Понаехать here is used in the sense 4 in Wiktionary: "to go in large numbers to a place where one isn't welcome".
It's normally used in reference to big cities like Moscow or St. Petersburg ...
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Difference between поиграть and сыграть
Поиграть means 'to play a little (for some time, with something)' and if it's about some game (not just toys), then maybe to leave it unfinished.
До двух часов поиграем в футбол, потом пойдём ...
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What is the meaning of "понаехать"?
To supplement the other answers:
One can use понаехать in the singular with collective nouns (собирательные существительные) which denote a group of people:
Дереве́нский люд понаехал.
Татарва́ ...
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Difference between поиграть and сыграть
yes, the difference is in completeness of action, or maybe rather intensity
вчера мы поиграли в футбол
meaning we played some football, we could play the whole 90 mins, but not necessarily, or we ...
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What is the meaning of "понаехать"?
"Понаехать" is a verb used half in jest to describe the action of migrating somewhere where you're not welcome, as in the phrase "понаехали тут понимаешь!". It's usage is strictly ...
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What is the meaning of "понаехать"?
I don't know why your dictionary doesn't include the following meaning for наехать: to flock (by means of transport) to a certain place. For instance: на ярмарку наехало много продавцов из окрестных ...
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Aspects of motion verbs with prefix "по-"
Neither paragraph in the first source says that the prefix по- MAKES a verb perfective or imperfective (imperfective aspect there seems to just refer to continuous action - for a while, etc.). Also, ...
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Difference between поиграть and сыграть
Сыграть.The general meaning is a result,completion of playing.
1.To take part in a game, to finish playing the game.
сыграть в шахматы
Transitive. to perfom a play, an opera.
Сыграть пьесу
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