Question: Buria mgloiu nebo kroet..

[Svetlana McCoy]

In English, the linguistic term for the verbs denoting the beginning of
action/state is 'inchoative'. See, for example, the following link:

http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsInchoativeAspect.htm

Svetlana McCoy
Rutgers University

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:55:54 -0400, pjs <pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU> wrote:

>Buria mgloiu nebo kroet,
>Vixri snezhnye krutia;
>To kak zver' ona zavoet,
>To zaplachet, kak ditia,
>To po krovle obvetshaloi
>Vdrug solomoi zashumit,
>To, kak putnik zapozdalyj,
>K nam v okoshko zastuchit.
>
>Okay, I am inerested in the use of the perfective future here
>"zavoet...zaplachet...zashumit... zastuchit"
>
>
>Anyone know the technical name for this use of the perfective future? Is
>there one?
>
>Thanks to all!
>
>Peter Scotto
>Department of Russian
>Mount Holyoke College
>

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