Yearlyglot

Last week, I took a moment to discuss verb aspects, in hopes of clearing up those scary words perfective and imperfective. Today I want to share the amazing formula with which Russian verb become perfective or imperfective.

I recently discussed the meanings of some common Italian prefixes, but I intentionally left out perhaps the most common of them all. (And that was promptly pointed out in a comment!) Rest assured, I did that intentionally, because I felt it was important enough to have its own post.

Prefixes are one of my favorite parts of grammar, because understanding them helps in building the web of knowledge that makes learning a language easy and interesting. I’ve already talked about the super-logical system of Russian prefixes. Now it’s time to find out how much we can learn from Italian prefixes.

Saluton esperantistoj! Today I will outline the concepts of prepositions, prefixes, and suffixes — essential concepts in the language of Esperanto.

Perhaps one of the most exciting facets of the Russian language — and one of the many reasons why it is my favorite language — is the logical construction of words using prefixes and stems.