It is also possible to add a prefix to a verb of motion to slightly change its meaning. This normally adds a direction to its meaning. For example you could change the meaning of “walk” to “walk in”.

In English we do this by adding an adverb after the verb. Words like “in”, “down”, “through” or “across”. Often it is also possible to do this by using a different verb, “walk in” could also be “enter”.

If you find the concept of ‘prefixes’ difficult you could just remember each of these verbs. Treating each verb as it’s own word, rather than a set of related verbs. This would be good for learners with a good memory for words. Other learners, who may be more conceptually minded, may choose to remember how all the pre-fixes work. We think it’s best to do a little of both. Once you understand this concept, you might find that you can suddenly decipher a whole lot of Russian verbs, and the language may really open up to you.

Let’s take a look at these prefixes.

• в - in
• вы - out
• до - as far as, reach
• за - drop in, stop by
• об - around
• от - away
• пере - across
• под - approach
• при - arrival
• про - through, pass
• с - down from
• у - from

Now let's see some examples of the prefixes in use. This is how you can use them with the primary motion verb: Ходить / Идти. (Note that Идти becomes йти when used with pre-fixes.)

• входить / войти - to go in, to enter
• выходить / выйти - to go out, to leave, to exit
• всходить / взoйти - to go up, to ascend
• доходить / дойти - to get to, to get as far as, to reach
• заходить / зайти - to drop in, to stop by
• обходить / обойти - to walk around, to bypass
• отходить / отойти - to walk away
• переходить / перейти - to go across, to turn
• подходить / подойти - to approach
• приходить / прийти - to arrive, to come
• проходить / пройти - to go by, to go past
• сходить / сойти - to go down, decend
• уходить / уйти - to go from, to leave, depart

Курсы русского языка для подготовки к поступлению в школы в Алматы

Источник: russianlessons.net