Difference in feel?

Kevin Moss moss at MIDDLEBURY.EDU
Fri Oct 15 14:41:01 UTC 2010


Sounds quite possible to me, but it's not about the verb.

Куда? can modify nouns as well:

Easily for nouns related to actions:
полет на луну
звонок в дверь
удар в морду

but other nouns as well
рейс в Европу
поезд на юг
билет на поезд

and famously билетик в кино
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHOIVp-Jsoc

шкаф на балкон


On Oct 15, 2010, at 9:25 AM, George Hawrysch wrote:

> The first one doesn't sound like a possible Russian sentence.
> It is also odd in that "выбирать" is treated as if it were a
> verb of motion.
>
> However, I'm sure a native speaker would still understand its
> intended meaning.
>
> George Hawrysch
>
> [ Mark Kingdom: ]
>> Would any native Russian speaker here be so kind as to explain
>> the difference in feel (if at all) between these two sentences:
>>
>> Мы будем вместе выбирать мебель в  
>> нашу квартиру.
>>
>> Мы будем вместе выбирать мебель для  
>> нашей квартиры.
>>
>> I didn't even know the first one was an option. My native English  
>> speaking
>> brain prefers the 2nd version.
>
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