One of the common and very productive ways of expanding a verb meaning is the process of "prefixation" in Serbian. While in English this additional meaning is conveyed through use of different tenses or prepositions in phrasal verbs, at a sentence level, in Serbian it is achieved through only one word, at the lexicology level.
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Friday, October 11, 2019
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Monday, December 13, 2010
I'm sure that many eager learners of Serbian are often puzzled by the meaning of prefixes and suffixes which are added to verbs in our language. While English uses different tense aspects (progressive, perfective) and phrasal verbs to express the same meaning, we tend to express aspect at the lexical level - that's why...
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Srpske imenice sa prefiksima1. BEZ- (meaning of this prefix: 'without')n.p. (e.g.) beskućnik, bezakonje, bezvlašće2. ZA- (meaning of this prefix is 'behind')n.p. zavetrina, zauške, zapećak3. MEĐU- (meaning 'between', both for time and space)n.p. međusprat, međuprostor, međuigra4. NA- (meaning 'on')n.p. načelnik (head of...