Semyon: посмотреть ее

[Sasha Spektor]

I personally think that it is very much a Platonov twist:  taking a phrase
out of one context and inserting it into quite another.

S.


On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 2:34 PM, R. M. Cleminson <rmcleminson at post.sk>wrote:

> "Elena Ostrovskaya" <elena.ostrovskaya at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Odoslané: nedeľa, 24. marec 2013 19:27:19
> Predmet: Re: [SEELANGS] Semyon: посмотреть ее
>
> Interesting question. My understanding of this phrase has always been that
> посмотреть ее = to check on her, hence the transitive verb. In terms of
> constructions, that is, посмотреть ее = посмотреть, как она, which is
> different from посмотреть на нее, of course. And to my ear, this particular
> use does not sound as Platonov's grammar twist, but as a use possible in
> colloquial Russian. Unfortunately, my quick dictionary search has not
> provided me with any examples of this use.
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> My understanding exactly; I think it is a quite frequent usage in spoken
> Russian.  Anglice: "to see how she was doing".
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