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v or na + acc

to arrive, come

proez'a´t;

proe´xat;

to drive past

mimo + gen

to travel a given distance

without a preposition

raz#ez'a´t;sq

raz#e´xat;sq

po + dat

to disperse

uez'a´t;

ue´xat;

to leave (a place)

iz or s + gen

to leave (a person)

ot + gen

Examples:

Oni´ doe´dut do Bajkaĺa sego´dnq.

They will travel as far as Lake Baikal today.

My prie´xali v Moskvu´ poźdno ve´herom.

We arrived in Moscow late in the evening.

All the same prefixes can be added to the stems -xodit; / -jti to create verbs which describe motion on foot in a variety of directions.

Note the -o- between prefixes ending in a consonant and -jti: vxodi´t;

vojti´

v + acc

to walk in, enter

Exercise 7

Replace verbs of motion describing travel in a vehicle by those describing travel on foot.

Example: Ve´herom my poe´xali v kino´. – Ve´herom my powli´ v kino´.

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1 Ka´'dyj god tyśqhi studeńtov priez'a´[t v MGU. 2 Vy 2

dol'ny´ vyéxat; iz do´ma za 2 hasa´ do otxo´da poézda. 3 Poe´dem 3

na konceŕt sego´dnq ve´herom! 4 Mne obqza´tel;no na´do zae´xat; v 4

bibliote´ku. 5 Q doĺ'en ue´xat; ot vas heŕez has. 6 Ne na´do 5

zaez'a´t; za mnoj, q poe´du odna´. 7 Q zae´xal k dru´gu, no egońe´

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bylo do´ma, on u'eúe´xal. 8 On pod#e´xal k kaśse i zaplatiĺ za 7

benziń. 9 My doe´xali do leśa i ostanoviĺis;. 10 Oni´ proe´xali 8111

mi´mo i ne zame´tili nas. 11 Kogda´ Vy bu´dete pereez'a´t; heŕez 9

re´ku, bu´d;te ostoro´'nee. 12 On neśkol;ko raz ob#e´xal vokru´g 10

do´ma. 13 Moj drug prive¨z mne slovaŕ;.

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Other verbs of motion

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In addition to eźdit; / e´xat; / poe´xat; and xodi´t; / idti´/ pojti´, 6

described above, there are other verbs of motion with two imper-7

fectives. These include:

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Imperfectives

Perfective

Meaning

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nosi´t; / nesti´

ponesti´

to carry (on foot)

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vozi´t; / vezti´

povezti´

to convey, carry (by vehicle)

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vodi´t; / vesti´

povesti´

to lead (on foot)

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be´gat; / be'a´t;

pobe'a´t;

to run

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leta´t; / lete´t;

polete´t;

to fly

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pla´vat; / plyt;

poply

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to swim, sail

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laźit; / lezt;

poleźt;

to climb

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poĺzat; / polzti´

popolzti´

to crawl

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brodi´t; / bresti´

pobresti´

to wander

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taska´t; / ta]i´t;

pota]i´t;

to drag

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gonq´t; / gnat;

pogna´t;

to chase, drive

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kata´t; / kati´t;

pokati´t;

to roll

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eźdit; / e´xat; / poe´xat; :

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My neslińaw baga´' na ostano´vku avto´busa.

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We were carrying our luggage to the bus stop.

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Poveze¨m komp;[

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We will take the computer home in the car.

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Prefixes may be added to the imperfective verbs above to form new imperfective / perfective pairs which indicate the direction of movement. There are some changes to the stems: -plyva´t; instead of pla´vat; ; -leza´t; instead of laźit; ; -taśkivat; instead of taska´t; ; -breda´t; instead of brodi´t; ; -ka´tyvat; instead of kata´t; and a change of stress in -bega´t; and -polza´t; . Otherwise the prefix is added straight to the stem, without any addition or alteration:

Imperfective

Perfective

Preposition

vvozi´t;

vvezti´

v + acc

to bring in, import

vnosi´t;

vnesti´

v + acc

to carry in

vvodi´t;

vvesti´

v + acc

to lead in

vbega´t;

vbe'a´t;