Лететь НА / В самолёт е?

[Mark Kingdom]

Hi Sergei,

Could you elaborate a little more on the difference between internal and
external situations?

Thanks in advance!!!

Mark

2010/10/27 Sergei Erofeev <erofeev at eu.spb.ru>

> You can say "я прилетел на самолете" (I have arrived by plane). But you say
> "я летел в самолете" when you mean that "I flew and read (thought, ate
> etc)". "В" refers to the internality of the action and situation, while "НА"
> to their externality.
>
> Sergey
>
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>
> Hi all,
>
> I checked google, and the useage seems to be 50-50 between В and НА:
>
> Лететь в самолёте
>
> versus
>
> Лететь на самолёте.
>
> Are they both right, and there's some difference I'm not understanding?
> (Highly likely.)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
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