"budesh" and "choc'esh"

Mon Apr 2 16:33:55 UTC 2001

>As for "budesh" and "choc'esh" - the meaning is different.
>The first is used for future and the second for willingness.
>Katarina Peitlova,Ph.D.

The language meaning of there words is different, but their speech use
(= communicative function, = sense) can be the same: "Budesh kofe"? -
"Da, budu", that exactly means: "Khochesh kofe?" - "Da, khochu". Even
syntactic forms ('ellypsis') of these expressions are equal.

Sincerely,

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Igor Silantev
Novosibirsk State University

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