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Verbs of motion
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Verbs of motion
Learn the motion subsystem as viewpoint and lexical pairing, not a one-direction/many-directions slogan.
Unprefixed motion contrasts first, then a controlled bridge to prefixed pairs.
Before you start
- Prerequisites
- Modules 1.01–1.08 core conjugation, aspect, and reflexive distinctions
- Estimated time
- 65 minutes
- Lesson steps
- 10
Deliberately not taught here
- Full prefix semantic network
- Mechanical generation of motion paradigms
Small steps
What you will learn
- The core two-stem system Recognise paired unidirectional/determinate and multidirectional/indeterminate motion verbs.
- Current direction versus repeated/general motion Choose a motion partner from the event viewpoint.
- Tense and viewpoint Interpret an in-progress journey, repeated trips, and a completed there-and-back visit.
- Transport and vehicle perspective Choose ехать or ездить from the motion event, not from public/private transport.
- Carrying, leading, and transporting Distinguish movement of an object/person from the manner of transport.
- Ability and characteristic behaviour Recognise dispositional readings of multidirectional verbs.
- Prefixes with unidirectional motion Recognise the aspectual effect of a spatial prefix on a unidirectional motion verb.
- Prefixed multidirectional partners Pair a bounded prefixed motion verb with an imperfective process/repetition partner.
- Metaphor and lexicalisation Recognise when a motion image becomes an abstract or lexicalised expression.
- Motion-system mastery review Explain core motion pairs, viewpoint, ability, and the first prefixed aspect relations.
Mastery
Ready means you can...
- Use the motion pair as a viewpoint system, not a direction-count rule.
- Recognise habit, ability, and there-and-back readings.
- Explain how common spatial prefixes reorganise motion and aspect.