4 ms·

Zavtra <= za utra. What distortion are you talking about? That -u- became -v-?

• throwaway290 5y ago
  s became za, u became v.
  • kgeist 5y ago
    S- 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 ago
      That's your opinion, let it be different from mine
      • deleted 5y ago
        [deleted]
      • kgeist 5y ago
        That'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 ago
          Are you trying to teach me Russian? Let your opinion be yours.
          • kgeist 5y ago
            I'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.