nominalizations with pro-

Mon Jan 4 15:08:16 UTC 1999

>what
>about _prosizhivanie_ and _prostaivanie_:
>
>Do they mean 'sitting/standing [FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME]' at all ?
>I'm about to think they don't.

Why not? Prostaivanie v ocheredjax. Prosizhivanie na sobranijax.

>Unfortunately, I cannot come up with any "real" object for _prostaivanie_
>:)

Shouldn't there be some relation to transitivity?

Alina

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