Thread: Perfective and imperfective verbs

Originally Posted by Eugene-p

Imagine the following scenario:
Your son comes home from school with a black eye and his mum asks him:

- How did you get that black eye?
- I've been in a fight with Vaska.
- Why?
- Well I was just sitting at my desk playing a game on my cell phone when Vaska came over and told me to give him a turn. When I told him I wanted to play the game he tried to grab it off me so I hid it in my bag. Then he punched me!

(после коррекции нейтив-спикером)

Уж простите что не оправдал ваших ожиданий, мне слово "сегодня" в такой роли (промежуточного ничего не значащего словца, типа заполнителя) кажется присущим только русскому языку. Ну не звучит там today и всё. ИМХО

Я сейчас тоже в процессе "допроса свидетелей". Чуть позже поделюсь их показаниями.

Итак, свидетели допрошены. Два native speakers предложили следующие версии.

A boy came home from school. His mother asked him.
- What a bruise you’ve got under your eye! What happened?
- I fought with Peter today.
- How did it happen?
- Well, I sat at my desk and played a game on my cellphone. Pete came up to me and asked for it to play. I refused and said that I want to play by myself. Then he tried to pull the phone out of my hands. I hid it in my bag it into my bag. Then he hit me in the face.


A boy came home from school. His mother asked him:
- What a bruise you’ve got under your eye. What happened?
- I fought with Peter today.
- How did it happen?
- Well, I sat at my desk and played a game on my cellphone. Pete came up to me and asked for it to play. I refused and said that I want to play it myself. Then he tried to pull the phone out of my hands. I hid it into my bag. Then, he hit me in the face.

Ни одного предложения в перфекте. А сегодня еще не закончилось.
Что будем делать с правилом?