SEELANGS Digest - 15 Oct 2011 to 16 Oct 2011 (#2011-293)

[Shrager, Miriam]

Robert Chandler wrote:

		*
>
> And I hope no one will mind if I ask this question a second time.
> The passage is identical in both works.
>
> This takes place in the Krestov Bazar in Moscow:
> ??????  ???????  ????????,  ???????   ? ??????????????? ??????,
> ???????? ??????? ??????? ? ??????? ????
> ?????  ????????  ????? ? ??????? ??? ?? ???? ???????; ?? ??????
> ???????? ????? ???????? ???????? ??????? ? ????? ?????? ? ????? ????
> ??????????? ????????, ???????????? ??? ???????  ?????.
>
> Am I right in thinking that first the "weak man" collapses beneath
> the fence and then the hooligan smashes him in the face?  Or is the
> other way round also possible?
>

My reading (of a native speaker) is that first the hooligan smashes him 
in the face and then the weak man collapses. It is mainly because of 
the word order and the word "srazu" which suggests sequence of events: 
first he smashed, then the man collapsed.

Best,
-Miriam Shrager

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
                    http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------