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As a native speaker of Slovenian and a decent speaker of Serb/Croatian this is not true for these particular Slavic languages. I can say "Grem v trgovino" / "Id
by gregopet 5y ago
As a native speaker of Slovenian and a decent speaker of Serb/Croatian this is not true for these particular Slavic languages. I can say "Grem v trgovino" / "Idem u dučan" (I'm going to the store) and it implies nothing at all about whether I'm taking the bus, going on foot or riding a horse for that matter.
- idlewords 5y agoThere's a kind of default 'to go' verb in all the Slavic languages I know about, but you can't use it in certain contexts. In Polish, for example, you can similarly say: Idę do sklepu (I'm going to the store) With no implication about mode of transit. For that matter, you can even say: Lecę do sklepu (I'm flying to the store), to imply that you're in a hurry. But you would never say: Idę do Moskwy (I'm going to Moscow) Unless you were actually going there on foot. Sometimes the appropriate verb is required.