walking, going

Edward Dumanis edseelangs at GMAIL.COM
Sat Jul 24 04:50:53 UTC 2010


However, if "ona" is, e.g., "konka" (a horse car), there is no need in
adding any other words to get a repetitive meaning.

Edward Dumanis

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Svetlana Grenier
<greniers at georgetown.edu> wrote:
> Yes, it is clear: in "shla" she was "walking down the street", "walking
> through the park"; in "khodila", she was "walking back and forth in the
> street" or "he was walking around in the park."  Of course, if you add other
> words (say "chasto khodila") it would mean something different.
> At least, that's how it sounds to me!
>
> Svetlana Grenier
>
> gladney at ILLINOIS.EDU wrote:
>
>> Dear Russian Speakers,
>>
>> Here are four scenarios:
>>
>> 1. Ona shla po ulitse.
>>
>> 2. Ona khodila po ulitse.
>>
>> 3. Ona shla po parku.
>>
>> 4. Ona khodil po parku.
>>
>> Is it clear in each case what is going on?
>>
>> Spasibo zaranee,
>>
>> Frank Y. Gladney
>>
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