| Subject: | RE: [NABOKV-L] prepositions |
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| Date: | Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:47:44 -0400 |
| From: | Fet, Victor <fet@marshall.edu> |
| To: | Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU> |
| References: | <000001c6d25e$64db72e0$0400a8c0@HOMEDELL> |
It surely looks like coming from Russian "v rezul'tate" - literally, "in result" [of something]. These prepositions, let alone articles, are very often a pain for (to) us non-native speakers. But then our Russian revenge are cases (padezhi) (see e.g. http://www.du.edu/langlit/russian/instr.htm). Victor Fet