Thread: Oтвозить, отвезти ?

Oтвозить, отвезти
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I come across отвезти a fair bit, but never oтвозить!
1-- Are they just the imperfect and perfect of the same word, or is there some practical difference?

I don't think the dictionary definitions are very good;
2--Would you mind giving a practical, typical example of how you might use this word in a normal everyday context....?

Also, this verb seems to fall into a category where the perfect ends with "i". Like "найти".
3--Is that just a different way of bending the verb, or does it have any impact on the meaning of the word.

(hope all this made some sense....?)

Мне нужно отвезти его в аэропорт (единовременное действие, глагол совершенного вида, отвечает на вопрос "что сделать?").

Мне нужно отвозить гостей в аэропорт каждый день (повторяющиеся действие, глагол несовершенного вида, отвечает на вопрос "что делать?").

Я должен отвезти посылку на почту.
Я должен регулярно отвозить мусор на свалку.

@Vadim -- Спасибо за хорошее объяснение, сейчас я лучше понимаю!

The verbs of motion are a world in themselves. In fact, I have a little grammar that deals only with these verbs. There are only a handful of the basic unprefixed verbs, but when you add prefixes they multiply like rabbits. The main breakdown is unidirectional (one-time motion) and not unidirectional. As in Vadim Mo's examples.

везти-возить carry (unidirectional imperfective), carry (not unidirectional imp.)
Adding a prefix to the unidirectional one gets you a perfective.
отвезти-отвозить carry (unidirectional perfective), carry (not unidirectional imperfective)

Originally Posted by chaika

The verbs of motion are a world in themselves. In fact, I have a little grammar that deals only with these verbs. There are only a handful of the basic unprefixed verbs, but when you add prefixes they multiply like rabbits. The main breakdown is unidirectional (one-time motion) and not unidirectional. As in Vadim Mo's examples.

везти-возить carry (unidirectional imperfective), carry (not unidirectional imp.)
Adding a prefix to the unidirectional one gets you a perfective.
отвезти-отвозить carry (unidirectional perfective), carry (not unidirectional imperfective)

Lesson 17 from here:

http://www.gefix.net/sazov/

discusses verbs of motion - I am studying them now. Wow is all I have to say about them.

Scott

I'd say that you us the preverb от when you mean "take someone or something somewhere". So you say
Отнести книгу в библиотеку.
Отправить письмо.
Отвезти больного к врачу.
Отвести детей в школу (= пешком).

Also I want to add that you need to be careful not to confuse от with other preverbs carrying a similar meaning. For example увести also means "take someone somewhere" but you use it in different situations. I think (please Russians correct me) that you say «Мама увела детей в другую комнату, так как они слишком шумели» but «Мама отвела ребёнка к его другу».

Originally Posted by Zubr

I'd say that you us the preverb от when you mean "take someone or something somewhere". So you say
Отнести книгу в библиотеку.
Отправить письмо.
Отвезти больного к врачу.
Отвести детей в школу (= пешком).

Also I want to add that you need to be careful not to confuse от with other preverbs carrying a similar meaning. For example увести also means "take someone somewhere" but you use it in different situations. I think (please Russians correct me) that you say «Мама увела детей в другую комнату, так как они слишком шумели» but «Мама отвела ребёнка к его другу».

Yes, it's correct.
However, sometimes, the word "увела" means "stole, lured".
And the phrase "увела моего парня" means "she took my boyfriend".