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DARKastheRAIN



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 8:24 pm    Post subject: The imperfective of повернуть? Reply with quote

The New Penguin Russian Course gives the imperfective of повернуть as поворачивать, but my Oxford Russian-English dictionary says that the imperfective of повернуть is повёртывать, and that поворачивать is the imperfective of поворотить. Masterrussian.com and wiktionary also give the imperfective of повернуть as поворачивать. So what's the story? Is повёртывать not used anymore?
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Sergei



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:10 pm    Post subject: :) Reply with quote

"Повёртывать" is an archaism.
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DARKastheRAIN



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What about поворотить? Is that still used?
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Paul G.



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

DARKastheRAIN wrote:
What about поворотить? Is that still used?

No. It sounds old fashioned.
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DARKastheRAIN



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So поворачивать took over from повёртывать and it's original perfective also died out? I thought it might be something like that. Thanks.
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