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PORYKIWAĆ - FREQUENTATIVE OR SOMETHING ELSE?


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The po- prefix used with frequentative verbs creates a notion of distributiveness or successivness. So whereas in English we migth say: He poured vodka for his guests, in Polish: Ponalewał gościom wódkę evokes the image of the host filling one glass after another.
Or Krowa stała przy płocie i porykiwała. The cow was standing by the fence of lowing every so often. This is not the kind of frequentative as czytywać or pijąc (to read or drink over a long period of time), but a single occasion (day, morning, several hours) where an action is intermittently repeated.
Is there a special name for such verbs in linguistic terminology?
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I believe we term it "iterative", e.g. "IDĘ na spacer." (iterative - repearted just once)
vs. "CHODZĘ na spacer." (frequentative - performed ritually, indeed, on a daily basis)
Future (perfective) would of course be "PÓJDĘ na spacer." = I WILL be taking a walk/stroll..... vs. "I take a walk/stroll REGULARLY." or "I'm going for a walk RIGHT NOW."
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I started a thread about this a while ago.

http://www.polishforums.com/iterative_semelfactive_verbs-18_33716_0.ht ml
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Presumably the poster was confused about the terminology used in the thread and not the content specifically.

But I could be wrong-:)
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