The Full Motion System

Chapter 4 gave you the doorway five (при-, у-, вы-, в-, за-). Here's the rest of the map — plus the three verbs for moving things and people, including the one that means driving a car.

Four More Prefixes

The Figurative Payoff

Prefixed motion goes abstract — and gives you words you use daily:

The Carrying Triad

Moving something has its own three verbs, split the familiar way:

Build-a-Verb

Prefix meaning + base meaning = word meaning. You can now decode verbs you've never seen:

Common Mistakes

• нести for vehicles. The taxi везёт you; you несёте your bag.
• вести машину. Standard is водить машину for the skill; вести машину exists but means this drive, now.
• Ignoring the system. Every new prefixed motion verb is parts you know. Decode before you look up.

What You Can Do Now

You can express any movement — of yourself, of things, of meaning across languages — and decode unseen verbs from their parts. The famous Russian motion system is, at last, fully yours.