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Teaching the aspect of the Polish verbs by examples from other Slavonic languages

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2016

Abstract

This article shows the principle of teaching the verb aspect in Polish by means of examples taken from other Slavonic languages. It presents the differences among verb aspects found in Polish, Czech, Slovak and Slovenian.

The illustrative examples also document the final number of mistakes made by foreign students whose first languages miss the right equivalent of the verb aspect. Special attention has been paid to the importance of teaching the verbal aspect in classes of language for specific purposes.