Thread: 'заканчиваю работать в пять вечера'.. is заканчивать an 'auxillary' verb here?

Originally Posted by grafrich

I didn't express that very well; using the infinitive form of the verbs didn't help. What I ought to have said was that I think maybe it can be expressed as
1. My point was that "работу" is the noun 'work' in English, and "работать" after another verb would be "working"; which would (I think) count as a verbal noun in English.

2. This is interesting; could one say "Я заканчиваю работать/работу завтра" to mean "I will finish working/work tomorrow"?

1. In russian it is clear verb. Just verb-after-verb. Like "start to work".
2. Yes. But it is hard for me to say exact rule...