Talk:добиться

My dict. says that the meaning "strive for" is imperfect only. Correct? Benwing2 (talk) 05:04, 3 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Yes, in that sense, imperfective only, due to the meaning of the English word strive for. Striving is a concept that stretches over a length of time, with no completion implied. If it could be perfective, the striving would need to be accomplished in just a moment and immediately finished. The meaning of perfective добиться is to achieve, obtain, get (since these verbs can be done and finished in just a moment). —Stephen (Talk) 10:26, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, thanks. Stephen.--Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 20:51, 3 March 2016 (UTC)