For questions about verbs of movement, e.g. ходить and ездить.
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In Russian, do vehicles walk? And can one walk across the city using the bus?
It's commonly taught that the difference between ходить/идти and ездить/ехать (and between their prefixed derivations) is that the former connotes movement by foot and the latter connotes movement using a vehicle as the means of…
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Is there a mnemonic for when to use уйти vs. выйти?
How do you remember when to use the right verb - or is it simply by memory - or are they interchangeable?
I suppose the same could be said for прийти/войти
Lawrence DeSouza
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What is the difference between the prefixes по and у in verbs of motion
I have been studying Russian for a while and have looked at a number of grammar books for Russian by I fail to see the nuance between 'по' and 'у'
For example:
Мой самолёт улетит...
vs.
Мой самолёт полетит...
Thanks
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Using вести/водить when talking about driving
I would like to know if it is acceptable to use вести/водить as follows, when emphasising who is/was driving :
На прошлой неделе мы ездили в Москву, и я водил туда и обратно.
На прошлой неделе мы ездили в Москву. Я вёл туда и моя подруга вела…
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Why is поехали in past tense when сейчас мы поехали в квартиру has a present tense meaning?
Здравствуйте.
I noticed that verbs of motion with the prefix по in the unidirectional forms, for example поехали, are in the past tense, even though the sentence is in the present - for example, сейчас мы поехали в квартиру. I would translate this…
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Verbs of motion for sailing
I have a doubt concerning what verbs are used to describe the movement of a ship, boat, etc.
Идти/ходить, respectively determinate and indeterminate, mean "to go on foot/walk". If I go somewhere by car, I tell "я езжу" (ind.), "я поеду" (det.…
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Почему "надевать", но "одевайся"?
Если "одевать" другого, а "надевать" на себя, то почему не "надевайся"?
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