"I want to make soup for lunch."
Translation:Я хочу приготовить суп на обед.
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The English word [ for ] various meanings are a great example of the inadequacy of word-for-word translation approaches. Russian translations may use 10+ different Russian prepositions just as 10+ English synonyms would be required to replace the word [ for ] in an equivalent English expression.
For ‧ 16 definitions ‧ en.wiktionary.org/wiki/for ‧
For ‧ 25+ definitions ‧ RU II: Difference? FOR: для, за, на, в, к ‧ www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUfcQaBiicc ‧
For autonomy ‧ Pro autonomy ‧ Advocacy for and against autonomy
For each ‧ Per each ‧ 4 Hydrogen for each Carbon H4C atom
For walk ‧ On walk ‧ Go for a walk
For broke ‧ Until broke ‧ Go for broke
For hills ‧ Toward hills ‧ Head for the hills
For surgery ‧ Before surgery ‧ Scrub for surgery
For joy ‧ Out of joy ‧ Jump for joy
For gold ‧ After gold ‧ Go for the gold
You would use для if you were cooking to for someone else to eat. If you use для here, you would be saying you are cooking soup for lunch to eat it. :)
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Perfective Imperfective Russian Verb Aspect is brevity defying topic.
The 46 Russian Verb Aspect points from the Auburn Mitrege tutorial are worth studying ‧ ‧ www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/russian/tutorials/0021.html ‧ ‧ Verb Aspect in Russian ‧ an action can be viewеd as a total entity, or it can be viewed in parts: (A) beginning, (B) duration, (C) completion. ‧ Points A and C are instantaneous and can take place in the past or future, but not in the present. ‧ Only actions that have duration can be in the present and can take place in the past, present or future ‧ ‧ Most imperfective-perfective pairs of verbs can be used to focus on parts B, C or ABC, but not on A specifically. To focus on part A of the action, Russian (like English) uses two verbs: "to begin, start" and the verb that describes part B of the action: Have you started B? ‧ ‧ Use the perfective aspect only when you are questioning if part C has taken place. ‧ ‧ www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/russian/tutorials/0021.html ‧
Perfective Verb ‧ completed or will be completed action ‧ explorerussian.com/verb-aspects-perfective-imperfective-verbs/ ‧ en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Russian/Verbal_Aspect ‧ ‧
You would use для if you were cooking to for someone else to eat. If you use для here, you would be saying you are cooking soup for lunch to eat it. :)
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First time I ever hear that. But hey, thanks for sharing it. Learning a new language needs watching movies and cartoons as well.
Баба Яга is a Russian folklore character - an evil and ugly crooked old woman who lives deep in the woods in избушка на курьих ножках (a wooden house on chicken's legs) and flies in a mortar (ступа) with a broom (метла) :-)
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Ahah! Now I remember! This Baba Yaga was also the nickname of John Wick in a movie with the same title.
This baba yaga sounds like a necessity in bringing up children: "I think I just saw baba yaga outside! Don't leave home, for she will grab your arm and take you to the woods".
