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Definition of Inchoative aspect
1. Noun. Aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inchoative Aspect
Literary usage of Inchoative aspect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How to Learn Russian: A Manual for Students of Russian. Based Upon the by Henry Riola (1878)
"The inchoative aspect formed by means of the prefix за, generally denotes an
involuntary ... inchoative aspect."
2. Russian reader: accented texts, grammatical and explanatory notes by Paul Jean Marie Boyer, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Speranskiĭ, Leo Tolstoy, Samuel Northrup Harper (1906)
"Originally inchoative aspect; only used in the reflexive form. Cf. p. 67 n. 4.
3. Нужно било. The impersonal constructions signifying necessity, opportunity ..."