Thread: --Ходить --ехать actual distinction

Ходит-ходит!


Игорь Иртеньев | Автобус

Originally Posted by maxmixiv

Ходит-ходит!


Игорь Иртеньев | Автобус

Ты прямо как Франкенштейн сейчас

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM even the first two lines of that link are incredibly confusing and intriguing.

Perhaps ехать/ездить are MUCH more related to English "ride" than we're giving credit. There just happens to be in place a structure where "ride" would NEED to be used if it can.

You ride a horse.
Ride a bus.
A bus goes (not rides).
I go.
You ride your but down the hill.

(any counterexamples anyone?)

So maybe the key is in the fundamental definitional semantic difference between "go" and "ride", except with a twist, that Russian requires the distinction.