Questions regarding the meaning, usage, formation and translation of aspectual forms of Russian verbs.
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Choice of aspect in question and answer
In a Russian dialogue course, I came across the following snippet in which the questioner uses the imperfective phrase мне выходить, and the respondent uses the perfective phrase вам выйти, and was curious as to why the conscious choice to use a…
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The verb слышать for finished action
На обратном пути, сжимая в руке пакет с большим пончиком, он
случайно услышал обрывки их разговора:
– Поттеры, все верно, именно так я и слышал…
Why is the imperfective version of the verb слышать used in the second sentence despite the meaning is…
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How does the meaning of "не мог/смог сдержа́ть/сде́рживать" vary according to the aspect used?
I'm trying to figure out how exactly these aspectual variations modify the meaning of "Она́ не могла́ сдержа́ть слёз" in the following:
Она не могла сдержать слёз.
Она не cмогла сдержать слёз.
Она не могла сдерживать слезы.
Она не смогла сдерживать…
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Use of the imperfective where the perfective would be expected to express a completed action in the past
This is the opening line in a dialog from a Russian course:
Я заказывал у вас номер по телефону.
Why is the imperfective заказывал used here instead of заказал if the speaker completed the booking in the past? I would have expected я заказал у…
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When the perfective counterpart doesn't show up on a dictionary
I know that not all verbs have a perfective counterpart, while there are others which are perfective-only.
However, some verbs do have both aspects, but many times dictionaries don't indicate their counterpart directly.
For example, the verb тянуть.…
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How to tell apart "нареза́ть" from "наре́зать"?
Можете нарезать хлеб и сыр? (perfective)
Ты хочешь нарезать лук? (imperfective) ... I think
It seems like for the verb нарезать the perfective and imperfect infinitive forms are
нареза́ть
наре́зать
Which is essentially the same word but the…
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класть, ложить, положить—weird perfective and imperfective pairs?
So, does anyone want to attempt an explanation as to why класть—положить are a pair.
I know that textbooks often state that there are pairs that are "just", for no good reason different, e.g., говорить—сказать/ брать—взять.
But if you look at the…
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Perfective of "путешествовать"
Neither of my dictionaries gives a perfective for this imperfective.
Is there an appropriate perfective form of this verb, or should I buy better dictionaries?
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Perfective and imperfective with infinitive
AFAIK the perfective aspect expresses an event which has already finished once and the imperfective aspect expresses a single unfinished event or a periodic event. Why would someone use the perfective aspect in the infinitive? Example:
я хочу…
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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 what the difference actually is and when to use…
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Negated future and aspect
What is the difference between using the imperfective vs the perfective? My textbook (a very good compressive one) only mentions future negation in passing.
For example,
Я ей не буду говорить об этом.
Я ей не скажу об этом.
Я не буду брать…
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Do Russian infer the first conjugation from the verb like in Latin and Italians do?
In Latin one does not need to have seperate words for I, you, we, she/he ect it is just inferred by the ending of the first conjugation verbs and the context. Say for example in I give or you give ect you just change the ending for example do das…
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When to use the imperfective/perfective aspect after conjunctions?
For example, why do you say "как узнать сказал ли он правду" and not "как знать" although you ask for the general rules of knowing that someone spoke the truth and not just in one certain situation?
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"Готовил" vs "приготовил" usage in emphasising time
Why does the following sentence use НСВ готовил instead of CB приготовил
Повар 3 часа готовил обед.
If I use готовил doesn't that mean I regularly cooked for 3 hours?
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Future simple and future perfect in Russian
I'm trying to understand Russian future verb tenses and aspects.
I'm aware Russian has three tenses, the present, the past and the future. And I'm aware the imperfective verb indicates non complete and repeated actions, as two examples. And I'm…
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