when do we add "по" to any verb? what is the intent? Please explain
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It depends on a verb to which you add "по".
There are some meanings of verbs with the prefix "по", it specifies:
1. action is finished (fully or in part) поставить, позавтракать, построить;
2. action is going on for some time походить, покрутить, порисовать, поговорить;
3. start of motion поехать, пойти, поползти, побежать;
4. getting features побелеть, покраснеть, поумнеть;
5. completed action but it has derogatory undertone понаехать, поразбросать.
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меняется смысловой оттенок : 1.Мальчик бежал по улице. ( уже какое-то время бежал) ; Мальчик побежал на улицу. ( начал и продолжил бежать) 2. На конференции долго говорили о проблемах.(долго говорили) ; Давай поговорим о проблеме.(начнем и продолжим говорить)
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http://learnrussian.rt.com/grammar-tables/verbs-of-motion-with-the-prefix-po/#part1
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Russian verbs with "по" can be roughly divided into several groups:
1) "по" indicates the full or partial completion of the action:
Я завтракал в 9 (I was having breakfast at 9) и Я позавтракал в 9 (I had/finished my breakfast at 9). Я покрасил стены в комнате (I have painted the walls in the room).
Я повесил свое пальто в шкаф (I hang/put my coat in the closet)
2) "по" points to tha fact that the action was going on for a while (+ a bit):
Я вчера почитал, поиграл на гитаре, поговорил по телефону и погулял немного в парке ( Yesterday I read (a little), played the guitar (for a while), Talked on the phone (a bit) and walked in the park for a while). Попить воды (to drink a little water); Я поспал чуток днём (I had a nap in the afternoon).
3) with verbs of motion "по" indicates the beginning of movement:
Он бежал по улице (he was running along the street). Он побежал по улице (He started running)
4) with some verbs "по" shows that you get into some state/condition:
Он покраснел = стал красным (He blushed = turned red)
Хлеб подорожал = стал дорогим (Bread has become more expensive)
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