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Serpent
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Message 25 of 28

26 December 2012 at 12:42am | IP Logged

I actually think сходил/а (in the perfective sense) means 'made it to'. I can't think of an example where this doesn't work.
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Mikael84
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Message 26 of 28

27 December 2012 at 7:34pm | IP Logged

Serpent wrote:

I actually think сходил/а (in the perfective sense) means 'made it to'. I can't think of an example where this doesn't work.

I thought it necessarily involved the act of returning from somewhere, not only making it there. Can someone сходил to the airport to catch a flight (and hence, never coming back from the airport)?
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Message 27 of 28

27 December 2012 at 7:53pm | IP Logged

Mikael84 wrote:

Serpent wrote:

I actually think сходил/а (in the perfective sense)
means 'made it to'. I can't think of an example where this doesn't work.

I thought it necessarily involved the act of returning from somewhere, not only making it
there. Can someone сходил to the airport to catch a flight (and hence, never coming back
from the airport)?

В аэропорт ездят, а не ходят. From my mind сходить and съездить involves the idea of
returning.

Edited by Марк on 27 December 2012 at 7:54pm
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Serpent
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27 December 2012 at 11:59pm | IP Logged

True, they do involve returning. In most cases it's a bit like "make it and return", I would say.

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