LINGUIST List 13.1250

Sun May 5 2002

Qs: Perfective/Slavic, Irregular English Verbs

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  • Asya Pereltsvaig, PERF in Czech, Polish, Slovak
  • anne.schott, Verb question

    Message 1: PERF in Czech, Polish, Slovak

     Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 17:22:43 +0200
    From: Asya Pereltsvaig <asya.pereltsvaighum.uit.no>
    Subject: PERF in Czech, Polish, Slovak


    Zamskaya et al. (2001) claim that several Slavic languages allow the use of perfective verbs in habitual contexts. However, some Polish speakers I've consulted do not accept all the examples.

    I would like to know how many of you Czech, Polish, Slovak speakers accept or do not accept the following sentences (I omit the diacritics since they may not reproduce in all browers):

    Czech:

    (1) Prisel obycejne v patek. ('He usually came on fridays.')

    (2) Nikdy jsem nepomyslil ze remeslo reportera je tak tezke. ('I never thought that that the art of a reporter is so hard.')

    Polish:

    (3) Czesto po obiezie vypil kawe. ('He often drank coffee after dinner.')

    (4) Kilka dni nie pokazal sie. ('He didn't show up for several days.')

    Slovak:

    (5) Nikdy predtym si toho nevsimol. ('He never noticed it before.')

    Thank you for your time!

    Asya Pereltsvaig -

    Message 2: Verb question

     Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 16:49:37 -0400
    From: anne.schott <anne.schottnysna.org>
    Subject: Verb question


    Dear linguists:

    There are verbs in English that are the same in the present and past tense. e.g., cut, hit, bet. Can anyone tell me whether they have a name and where I can find a full list of them? Thanks. :



    Anne Schott Director of Communications New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)