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Igenlode Wordsmith
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I had totally forgotten that the present tense of the perfective forms of the verbs is the future tense (as it were!)
But it does vaguely sound 'right' as a construction, so it must ring some bells somewhere ...
— Apr 06, 2026 07:27PM
But it does vaguely sound 'right' as a construction, so it must ring some bells somewhere ...
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Igenlode Wordsmith
is on page 291 of 428
I'm sure I'm not imagining things; the exercises in this chapter are *much* easier than the exercises in the previous chapter were!
— Sep 21, 2026 09:26PM
Igenlode Wordsmith
is on page 287 of 428
Apparently дождавшись (не дождавшись дня) was actually a gerund and not the past participle I had assumed from the previous chapter - which would have been дождавшися!
— Sep 16, 2026 06:43PM
Igenlode Wordsmith
is on page 282 of 428
I've worked through Ch22 three times, and I don't think it's going to get any better - let's try Ch23...
— Sep 16, 2026 04:10AM
Igenlode Wordsmith
is on page 234 of 428
So *now* we get a explanation of verbs in -нуть, after having been asked to use them in the previous chapter... wrong order, methinks.
— Jul 16, 2026 09:10AM