по-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ/

Prefix

по- • (po-)

1. A prefix indicating the delimitative aspect.

   по- (po-) + ‎спие (spie, “to sleep”) → ‎поспие (pospie, “to have some sleep, sleep a little”)

2. A prefix indicating the perfective aspect.

   по- (po-) + ‎влече (vleče, “to pull”, impf.) → ‎повлече (povleče, “to pull, give a tug”, pf.)

3. A comparative prefix in adjectives and adverbs.

   по- (po-) + ‎ефтин (eftin, “cheap”) → ‎поефтин (poeftin, “cheaper”)

   по- (po-) + ‎често (često, “often”) → ‎почесто (počesto, “more often”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pə]

Prefix

по- • (po-)

1. perfective aspect

   идти́ (impf) ― idtí ― to go

   пойти́ (pf) ― pojtí ― to go

2. (rare) imperfective aspect

   купи́ть (pf) ― kupítʹ ― to buy, purchase

   покупа́ть (impf) ― pokupátʹ ― to buy, purchase

3. for a while, a little (see delimitative aspect)

   говори́ть (impf) ― govorítʹ ― to talk

   поговори́ть (pf) ― pogovorítʹ ― to have a talk, to talk a little

   лу́чше ― lúčše ― better

   полу́чше ― polúčše ― a little better

4. place names

   Поволжье ― Povolžʹje ― Volga Region

   поволжские немцы ― povolžskije nemcy ― Volga Germans

   Полабская доли́на ― Polabskaja dolína ― Elbe River Basin

   полабские славяне ― polabskije slavjane ― Polabian Slavs

   Померания ― Pomeranija ― Pomerania

Prefix

по-

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