Various Meanings of Infinitive in Russian Infinitive One-word Sentences and their Interpretation in Persian Language

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1 Assistant Professor of Teaching Russian Language, AllamehTabatab’i University, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor of Teaching Russian Language, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Propositional characteristics can be expressed by infinitives in Russian language. So the sentence is one-word. Infinitives can express potential acts; so that they can express virtual or indirect meanings. In a one-word sentence or a single-capacity structure, infinitive can have meanings like: mandatory agreement of speaker with audience and inevitability of an act with быть infinitive, disagreeability, a state or act done directly by a physical or mental perception, logical subject evaluating an action or a state, indispensability, etc. This article explains the mentioned meanings in the structure of infinitive one-word sentences and discusses the methods of expressing them in Persian language.

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