imperative?

[Richard Robin]

Well, actually, it's easy to prove: people say things like: Надо нажать на
«воспроизаедение», на «перемотку», etc. Plus, what would be the imperative
behind сбой?

On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Paul B. Gallagher <
paulbg at pbg-translations.com> wrote:

> Richard Robin wrote:
>
>  No, because tech stuff on buttons is always done in nouns:
>> e.g.
>> СБОЙ
>> ВОСПР(оизведение)
>> ПУСК
>> ПРОМОТ(ка)
>> ВЫХОД
>>
>> etc.
>>
>
> One might suppose that there is an implied verb (производить or something),
> but that could easily be disproven by finding buttons with feminine nouns in
> the nominative case. The examples above are inconclusive because we can't
> see any feminine endings.
>
> Still, Richard is right as to the general practice.
>
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