Лететь НА / В самолёте?( UNCLASSIFIED)

[John Langran]

Wouldn't he use the vocative - Бабуль ??
John Langran
www.ruslan.co.uk

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From: "Riley, Maureen Ms CIV USA DLI-W" <maureen.riley at US.ARMY.MIL>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Лететь НА / В самолёте? ( UNCLASSIFIED)


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> A good illustration of the use of "в" (as opposed to "на") with modes of 
> transport:
>
> В переполненном автобусе парень обращается к стоящей старушке:
> - Бабуля, хочешь сесть на мое место?
> - Спасибо, сынок, сяду, конечно, ножки-то у меня больные.
> - Тогда не отходи от меня, через пять остановок я выхожу.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list 
> [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Kingdom
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:35 PM
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Лететь НА / В самолёте?
>
> 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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