Thread: Chapter 26 questions

A couple more questions...

Is this correct, should it be imperfective? Говорят, что Надежда будет выходить замуж на будущей неделе.

In the first sentence here, is писать used and not написать because it's negative?
What about the order of the pronoun objects in the second sentence? Is it correct?
Я не хочу писать ему письмо.
Пусть Наташа ему его напишет.

In this sentence, is the verb "fly" correct?
Ваня видел (the airplanes fly over the lake).
Ваня видел, как самолёты летали над озером.

Should the second verb here be imperfective? Мы слышали, как она пела.

What about this translation?
They were talking about how cold they were in Irkutsk.
Они говорили о том, как им холодно было в Иркутске.

How about this one?
Until Robert learned to speak Russian, no one invited him to parties and housewarmings.
До того, как Роберт научился говорить по-русски, никто не пригласил его на вечера и новоселья.

Thanks for any help,
Z

Originally Posted by zorro

Is this correct, should it be imperfective? Говорят, что Надежда будет выходить замуж на будущей неделе.

No, it should be perfective: «Говорят, что Надежда выйдет замуж на будущей неделе».

Originally Posted by zorro

In the first sentence here, is писать used and not написать because it's negative?
Я не хочу писать ему письмо.

Yes. «хочу написать» but «не хочу писать».

Originally Posted by zorro

What about the order of the pronoun objects in the second sentence? Is it correct?
Пусть Наташа ему его напишет.

Yes. And the inverse order is also correct: «Пусть Наташа его ему напишет».

Originally Posted by zorro

In this sentence, is the verb "fly" correct?
Ваня видел (the airplanes fly over the lake).
Ваня видел, как самолёты летали над озером.

Yes.

Originally Posted by zorro

Should the second verb here be imperfective? Мы слышали, как она пела.

Yes, it’s correct.

Originally Posted by zorro

What about this translation?
They were talking about how cold they were in Irkutsk.
Они говорили о том, как им холодно было в Иркутске.

Great.

Originally Posted by zorro

How about this one?
Until Robert learned to speak Russian, no one invited him to parties and housewarmings.
До того, как Роберт научился говорить по-русски, никто не пригласил его на вечера и новоселья.

It should be «…никто не приглашал его…».

Originally Posted by Soft sign

It should be «…никто не приглашал его…».

Is this imperfective because it never happened?

Thanks so much for your help.

Z

Originally Posted by zorro

Is this imperfective because it never happened?

Thanks so much for your help.

Z

That's imperfective because it's the same "stretched in time" thing I explained you before. It's like TILL a certain moment no one had ever invited him.

However, let's contrast this thing.

Но никто не пригласил его... This is a good Russian if you mean that he expected someone to invite him to a PARTICULAR party. This would be a one-time action there because the party is only one party

Which leads me to a better way to explain the "stretched in time" thing for you for this example.

Никто не приглашал его... Here you can easily say that all those parties he weren't invited to didn't happen all at once, they happened through time, one after the other

I hope this helps. See you