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"Back away from the window and come to me."
Translation:Отойди от окна и подойди ко мне.
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Seconded. Google and Yandex seem to think that's OK, but they accept sloppy writing. Native speaker?
If you're disappointed or sick it's the common phrase to ask somebody to visit you. Подойди - somebody is close to you, at the next room, he/she can hear you. Прийди - somebody is nearby or far away, at the next house, she/he can hear you on the phone. The main difference in a distance.
Приди ко мне is more of a thing you say to a demon or a spirit.
(you also can sort of use it to tell someone come to you in the future)
Thanks! I'm not interested in summoning anything, so I'll stick to подойти. ))
Wrong case: к/ко takes the dative, whereas меня is genitive or accusative.
Second syllable, otherwise vowel reduction would cause confusion with the nominative.
Super-useful resource for stress, conjugation, declension, etc: http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/morphque.cgi?flags=endnnnnp You can give it any form of a word and it'll give you all forms. Based on Vasmer's and extended by Russian academics. The English translations are the only part you should take with a grain of salt. ))
Wiktionary is also very good, and the translations are better. Open up the declension box: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%BE#Russian
How does the Russian verb give the sense of backing away, i.e. walking backwards??
I don't think it does, really; it's just "move away". This is just a common way of expressing this in English, with a little humor from a contributor. See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B8#Russian
Imperfective isn't usually used for a positive imperative. See the skill notes on imperative:
https://www.duolingo.com/skill/ru/Imperative-and-Adverbs/tips-and-notes
