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

On 2006-12-26 13:44, Sergejus Tarasovas wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
>> Not always. We Slavs use the perfective verb in sentences like "I
> read
>> the first word of the title", or "I read his name aloud", where
>> "through" is certainly inappropriate.
>
> I can't construct Russian equivalents for these sentences using
> perfectives (I get <Ja c^itáju pérvoje slóvo v zagolóvke.> and <Ja
> c^itáju jegó ímja vslux.> with imperfectives). Have I misunderstood
> something?

The tense. I meant /red/, not /ri:d/. I should have made that clear.

Piotr