Two decisions before you can say you went anywhere: on foot or by vehicle, and this once or as a rule. Four verbs where English has one.
I can choose between the four verbs of motion by transport and by frequency, and use the prefixes that specify direction.
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Зараз я іду на працу, а звычайна езджу.
Right now I am walking to work, though I usually take transport.
Ён ішоў праз лес і нёс кошык.
He was walking through the forest carrying a basket.
Заедзь да нас пасля працы.
Drop in on us after work.
Мы пераехалі ў новую кватэру летась.
We moved to a new flat last year.
Achte auf die hervorgehobenen Teile. Was haben sie gemeinsam?
Where English has "go", Belarusian makes you answer two questions first:
| This once, in one direction | As a rule, or there and back | |
|---|---|---|
| On foot | ісці - іду, ідзеш, ідзе | хадзіць - хаджу, ходзіш |
| By vehicle | ехаць - еду, едзеш | ездзіць - езджу, ездзіш |
Adding a prefix makes a perfective and specifies the direction:
| прыйсці / прыехаць | to arrive |
| пайсці / паехаць | to set off |
| выйсці / выехаць | to go out, to leave |
| зайсці / заехаць | to drop in |
| перайсці / пераехаць | to cross; to move house |
| абысці / абехаць | to go round |
Ісці is irregular in the past: ішоў, ішла, ішлі - and the masculine has no ending at all. The Russian form is no guide here.
The same on-foot / by-vehicle split runs through the verbs of carrying: несці to carry on foot against везці to transport, весці to lead someone on foot. Their past forms are the endingless нёс, вёз, вёў.
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ÜbungsaufgabenTypical errors: using one verb for all four cells because English has one word; and using the habitual form for something happening now (Зараз я хаджу instead of Зараз я іду).
Using one verb for all four cells
Decide twice: on foot or by vehicle, this once or as a rule.
Using хадзіць or ездзіць for something happening now
Now takes ісці or ехаць: Зараз я іду.
Writing the forms without дз
Ідзеш, ідзе, ходзіш, ездзіш - all with дз.
Using a Russian past form
Ішоў, ішла, ішлі. And нёс, вёз, вёў for carrying.
Зараз я іду на працу, а звычайна езджу.
Right now I am walking to work, though I usually take transport.
All four features in one sentence: now against usually, on foot against by vehicle.
Ён ішоў праз лес і нёс кошык.
He was walking through the forest carrying a basket.
Two endingless masculine pasts: <em>ішоў</em> and <em>нёс</em>, both on-foot verbs.
Заедзь да нас пасля працы.
Drop in on us after work.
The prefix <em>за-</em> means dropping in, and the vehicle root <em>-ехаць</em> says how.
Мы пераехалі ў новую кватэру летась.
We moved to a new flat last year.
<em>Пераехаць</em> covers both crossing and moving house - the context decides.
Кожную восень мы ходзім у лес па грыбы.
Every autumn we go to the forest for mushrooms.
<em>Кожную восень</em> makes it habitual and there-and-back, so <em>ходзім</em>.
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