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Поехать
Поехать is the most generic perfective verb that means “to go by vehicle.” Note especially its irregular future and imperative forms. to go Imperfective Infinitive поехать Past поехал поехала поехало поехали Present No such thing as perfective present… more »
Неделя
Неделя is a word that comes from the stem дел- ‘do’ and the negative particle не ‘not.’ It used to mean the day of the week on which you do nothing, in other words Sunday. Bearing that meaning in mind, if you say something happens через неделю “(having… more »
Ехать
Ехать is the determinate (unidirectional) form of the verb ездить “to go by vehicle.” Note especially the odd д that shows up in the present tense forms, as well as its curious command form. to go Imperfective Infinitive ехать Past ехал ехала ехало… more »
Ноль, нуль (часть вторая)
The word нуль sometimes occurs in fixed phrases like «начать с нуля» “to start from zero,” which catches the idea of beginning a process with zero previous knowledge or experience or resources: Нелла со своей семьёй убежали из Словении в сорок первом… more »