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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
by 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 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.