Thread: Perfective and imperfective verbs

Can I sneak in a few question?

What's the difference between брать/взять and принимать/принять? I believe брать means to take, and принимать is more like to receive, but I'm not sure.

Is it true that there are two different uses of говорить, each with a different perfective verb? говирить/сказать (to say) and говорить/поговирить (to speak)?

If so, are such overlaps common?

Originally Posted by TheBB

Can I sneak in a few question?

What's the difference between брать/взять and принимать/принять? I believe брать means to take, and принимать is more like to receive, but I'm not sure.

Is it true that there are two different uses of говорить, each with a different perfective verb? говирить/сказать (to say) and говорить/поговирить (to speak)?

If so, are such overlaps common?

брать - нейтральное значение
принять - взять, но непременно то что тебе давали