ÿþ <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Ruslan Limited</TITLE> <style href>a {text-decoration: none}</style> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#0D1B61" link="#0D1B61" BGCOLOR="#D9E6EC" alink="#0D1B61" vlink="#0D1B61"> <Font size = 4> <B> 5=8BLAO / ?>65=8BLAO<BR> Comments on the use of aspect. Ruslan 2, 3rd edition, page 13<BR> </B> <BR> To date, despite several discussions with native speakers, I have been unable to find<BR> a satisfactory explanation of the use of 65=8BLAO / ?>65=8BLAO in the past tense.<BR> It seems that common usage is as follows:<BR> <BR> When you say that a couple got married, you use ?>65=8BLAO:<BR> >=8 ?>65=8;8AL - "they got married"<BR> This is clearly a perfective form of the verb.<BR> <BR> When you say that a man got married, you use 65=8BLAO:<BR> >= 65=8;AO - "he got married"<BR> I am told that, for this purpose, this is considered to be a perfective form of the verb.<BR> <BR> I would be grateful if anyone can shed more light on this.<BR> John Langran<BR> March 2007<BR> <BR> PS of course there is no problem with the feminine version<BR> ">=0 2KH;0 70<C6" is clearly perfective.<BR> <BR> 30/03/07<BR> I have had a suggestion that when you are talking about a couple who are <BR> married, they are normally still married, so the action is complete. <BR> You therefore use the perfective form: >=8 ?>65=8;8AL<BR> However, when you are talking about a man, you do not know that he is <BR> still married, so there is no idea of completion, so you use the imperfective<BR> >= 65=8;AO<BR> NB THIS IS A HIGHLY ADVANCED TOPIC, NOT REALLY RUSLAN 2!<BR> <BR><BR><BR> </FONT> </BODY>