English equivalent of "pilit'"
Alina Israeli
aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU
Fri Apr 16 01:31:59 UTC 2004
>The two words have different meanings even being applied to the same
>musical instrument, i.e., violin.
>One might =pilikat'= just a few minutes, but =pilit'= implies some
>duration of the process.
Not so sure about the last distinction.
But mainly pilikat' may not have the negative connotation of "pilit'":
Rebenok u nix takoj molodec, na skripochke pilikaet. (habitual)
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