Lesson 141. Verb aspect: perfective and imperfective
Verb aspect works the same way as in Russian. The imperfective describes a process, the perfective describes a result.
Pišem pismo. (Пишем писмо.)
— I am writing a letter. (process)
Napisao sam pismo. (Написао сам писмо.)
— I wrote a letter. (result)
Svaki dan čitam knjigu. (Сваки дан читам књигу.)
— Every day I read a book.
Pročitao sam knjigu. (Прочитао сам књигу.)
— I read the book (and finished it).
In most cases, the perfective is formed by adding a prefix: na-, pro-, za-, u-, s-, po-….