Macedonian

Prefix

по- • ‎(po-)

1. A prefix indicating the delimitative aspect.

   по- ‎(po-) + ‎спие ‎(spie, “to sleep”) → ‎поспие ‎(pospie, “to have some sleep, sleep a little”)

2. A prefix indicating the perfective aspect.

   по- ‎(po-) + ‎влече ‎(vleče, “to pull”) → ‎повлече ‎(povleče, “to pull, give a tug”)

3. A comparative prefix in adjectives and adverbs.

   по- ‎(po-) + ‎ефтин ‎(eftin, “cheap”) → ‎поефтин ‎(poeftin, “cheaper”)

   по- ‎(po-) + ‎често ‎(često, “often”) → ‎почесто ‎(počesto, “more often”)

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pə]

Prefix

по- • ‎(po-)

1. perfective aspect

   идти́‎ impf ― idtí ― to go

   пойти́‎ pf ― pojtí ― to go

2. (rare) imperfective aspect

   купи́ть‎ pf ― kupítʹ ― to buy, purchase

   покупа́ть‎ impf ― pokupátʹ ― to buy, purchase

3. for a while, a little (see delimitative aspect)

   говори́ть‎ impf ― govorítʹ ― to talk

   поговори́ть‎ pf ― pogovorítʹ ― to have a talk, to talk a little

   лу́чше‎ ― lúčše ― better

   полу́чше‎ ― polúčše ― a little better

4. place names

   Поволжье‎ ― Povolžʹje ― Volga Region

   поволжские немцы‎ ― povolžskije nemcy ― Volga Germans

   Полабская доли́на‎ ― Polabskaja dolína ― Elbe River Basin

   полабские славяне‎ ― polabskije slavjane ― Polabian Slavs

   Померания‎ ― Pomeranija ― Pomerania

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Serbo-Croatian

Prefix

по-

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