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>Likewise Serbian sutra, which in Russian is zavtra, same idea (in the morning, i.e. tomorrow) but with seemingly more unnecessary manipulations (considering mo
by kgeist 5y ago
>Likewise Serbian sutra, which in Russian is zavtra, same idea (in the morning, i.e. tomorrow) but with seemingly more unnecessary manipulations (considering morning is still utro in Russian).
I'm not sure what the argument is here. Can you elaborate?
- throwaway290 5y agoutro = morning, sutra = in the morning, zavtra = also in the morning but weirdly distorted for no obvious reason. There seems less etymological distortion in Serbian.
- kgeist 5y agoZavtra <= za utra. What distortion are you talking about? That -u- became -v-?
- throwaway290 5y agos became za, u became v.
- kgeist 5y agoS- didn't become za-. It's just a different choice of preposition in Russian. S utra = "starting from the morning" Za utra (utrom) = "after the morning" Both have a right to exist, just slightly different original meanings.
- throwaway290 5y agoThat's your opinion, let it be different from mine
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- kgeist 5y agoThat's not an opinion, that's how basic Slavic morphology/grammar works. For example, some Russians say "v ogorode" ("in the garden"), while others say "na ogorode". We don't say "v" somehow got "distorted"/morphed into "na". Some dialects simply choose to use a different, unrelated preposition in the same context.
- throwaway290 5y agoAre you trying to teach me Russian? Let your opinion be yours.
- kgeist 5y agoI'm not trying to teach you Russian. I'm giving an example in a language you're familiar with. I can give an example from Germanic languages. Old English: tōdæġ (modern English "today") Swedish: idag "today" Dutch: vandaag "today" Same root ("day"), same meaning ("today"), but different languages chose different prepositions/prefixes (to-, van-, i-). Just like with s- vs. za- in Russian/Serbian.