Thread: What do you find interesting in Russian from the linguistic point of view?

Romik, where is that quote on the incomplete verbs from?

Originally Posted by bitpicker

Romik, where is that quote on the incomplete verbs from?

I googled it, it's Rosenthal.
He is non-Russian btw.

Russian is synthetic, (word building and inflection/cases?) Synthetic language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

English is rather less synthetic, more analytic:Isolating language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Caution must be used in reading these articles, I believe. A language that occasionally shows some synthetic characteristics, does not mean language is very synthetic. This applies to Romance languages for examples, that seem to be more analytic and less synthetic than is implied.

'Burned' is ok. When native speakers hear these kinds of things 'builded, forgetted, cutted,'etc it doesn't impair comprehension. Children (and non-native speakers) often use these kinds of constructions, everyone almost always knows what they mean. And so yes, they are not 'legit' but they don't interfere with basic communication.

Originally Posted by Seraph

'Burned' is ok. When native speakers hear these kinds of things 'builded, forgetted, cutted,'etc it doesn't impair comprehension. Children (and non-native speakers) often use these kinds of constructions, everyone almost always knows what they mean. And so yes, they are not 'legit' but they don't interfere with basic communication.

if you say "я победю" every Russian can understand you and as you say "yes, they are not 'legit' but they don't interfere with basic communication."

It is good to hear this! I've been learning about personal and impersonal verb usage, and so it seems one can say 'Я успею...' 'Я успел....' and 'Мне удалось...' But can't say something like 'Я удамся...' And so maybe the incorrect usage of impersonal verb, using as a personal form might be understood too. This seems like this could be a typical mistake for people learning Russian.