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Isaac Sechslingloff
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фарси
дари
эсперанто
можно сказать "говорить по-(язык)" или только "говорить на (язык)"?
Feb 27, 2020 6:12 PM
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На. На дари, на фарси, на эсперанто. "Говорить по-(язык)" works when it's possible to form an adverbial, i.e. when the name of the language is an adjective with the suffix "ск":
русский -> по-русски
валлийский -> по-валлийски
ирландский -> по-ирландски
амхарский -> по-амхарски
и т.д.
Otherwise it's always "на", as far as I can tell. I'm not sure if there's a rule about it but I can't think of any exceptions.
February 27, 2020
Для меня естественно звучит только "на"
February 27, 2020
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Isaac Sechslingloff
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