in my quest of verbs of motion
i come accross this issue
use of perfective when they came and stayed
Когда пришли мои товариши, мы сделали что-то
When my comrades arrived, we did something
then use of imperfective when we want to mean that they came and went back.
Они приходили но никого не было дома
They arrived but nobody was at home
Which tense to use when you want to express continuous past like
While they were arriving, they got shot by a crook.
Когда они приходили, .... ???
Alors qu'ils arrivaient
thx
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i come accross this issue
use of perfective when they came and stayed
Когда пришли мои товариши, мы сделали что-то
When my comrades arrived, we did something
then use of imperfective when we want to mean that they came and went back.
Они приходили но никого не было дома
They arrived but nobody was at home
Which tense to use when you want to express continuous past like
While they were arriving, they got shot by a crook.
Когда они приходили, .... ???
Alors qu'ils arrivaient
thx
You could use a gerund:
Приходя..... = While arriving
Придя
I'm not sure which one.
But I think Когда они приходили works.
Since the imperfective expresses a continuous action.
Re: in my quest of verbs of motion
I have a new one
1- В прошлое воскресенье, они ездили за город
they went and they came back
2 - В прошлое воскресенье, они поехали за город
???... here I don't get the meaning
3 - В прошлое воскресенье, они ехали за город когда что-то случилось
they were going and something happened
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1- В прошлое воскресенье_ они ездили за город.
2 - В прошлое воскресенье_ они поехали за город.
3 - В прошлое воскресенье_ они ехали за город, когда что-то случилось.
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2 - В прошлое воскресенье, они поехали за город
They had a trip last sunday and....
We know that they went, but we dont know what was next.
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2 - В прошлое воскресенье, они поехали за город
They had a trip last sunday and....
We know that they went, but we dont know what was next.
so there is not difference between 1 and 2 ?
it is like
Вчера вечером мы ходили в театр
Вчера вечером мы пошли в театр
what's the difference?
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Вчера вечером мы ходили в театр - you indicate the fact that you were at the theater yesterday evening.
Вчера вечером мы пошли в театр - you say that you went to the theater and ... (you're going to tell more).
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Originally Posted by Mordan
2 - В прошлое воскресенье, они поехали за город
They had a trip last sunday and....
We know that they went, but we dont know what was next.
so there is not difference between 1 and 2 ?
it is like
Вчера вечером мы ходили в театр
Вчера вечером мы пошли в театр
what's the difference?
Вчера вечером мы ходили в театр
-Т.е. мы пошли в театр, отсидели представление, встали, вышли из театра и пошли обратно (таким образом мы видели представление в театре, мы это подчеркиваем)
Вчера вечером мы пошли в театр
-Т.е. мы вышли из дома и направились в сторону театра. Дальше могло случиться все что угодно - мы могли таки дойти до театра и отсидеть действие до конца, могли и вовсе не дойти до театра, а, скажем свернуть в ближайшую пивнушку и нажраться там :lol:
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