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Lesson 3 of 8

Lexical pairing and suppletion

Recognise common aspectual relations that use a different root.

Frequent relations such as говорить — сказать, брать — взять, and класть — положить cannot be generated with one suffix or prefix.

  • Suppletive partners are learned lexically.
  • Related usage does not guarantee matching stems.
  • The English gloss may hide the Russian distinction.
Worked example

Verified говорить reference

The stored catalog entry supplies verified forms; the lexical relation remains a study note.

говорить: activity/processсказать: one bounded act of saying
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What does suppletive mean here?

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