Instead of eating sweet things, let's just look at them! And learn some Russian grammar in the process, of course!
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Привет!
Let’s see how the meaning of the verb ‘есть’ (to eat) changes with the prefix:
- Я ем баранки каждый день!
- I eat bagels every day!
- Папа съел все запечённые яблоки!
- Dad ate all the baked apples!
- Пастила была такая сладкая, что мы её не доели.
- The pastila was so sweet that we didn’t finish it.
- Что-то у меня живот болит. Кажется, я переел ватрушек.
- Looks like I have a stomach ache. I think I ate too much vatrushkas.
- Лекарство было горьким, поэтому я заел его вареньем.
- The medicine was bitter, so I chased it with some fruit preserve.
- Я как раз собирался пойти поесть. Пойдем вместе?
- I was just going to eat somewhere. Shall we go together?
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