[tied] Re: Ablaut, hi-conjugation, stress alternation, etc

From: tgpedersen
Message: 46733
Date: 2006-12-23

> > This website seems to disagree with your absolute truth and
> > clearliness
> > http://russian.speak7.com/russian_verbs

> Your source says: " for the present . . . just use the
> imperfective."
>
> This is clearly wrong, and your source is meant for novices.

It is not very nice of them to teach novices wrong things.


> Now, I would ask you to review the previous discussion above.
>
> You write: "All preverbs make simple verbs punctual in Russian."
>
> Some preverbs make Russian verbs _perfective_!

All preverbs make simple Russian verbs perfective.


> Do you not know the difference between perfective and punctual???

I am afraid I haven't been paying enough attention to your lectures
on terminology.


Torsten