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Adding a prefix onto a simple verb may have one of the following three results:
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1. a Perfective verb with the same meaning: the Perfective partner of the simple verb.
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писђть 'write'
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написђть 'write'
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2. a Perfective verb with a different meaning.
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вестќ 'lead'
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перевестќ 'translate'
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3. a Perfective verb with the same meaning, except that something is said about the time or manner in which the action is carried out. This is the action-type Perfective.
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ходќть 'come/go'
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сходќть 'make a quick trip somewhere and back'
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The only way to tell which meaning a prefix will have is to look it up in a dictionary. A given prefix may have any one of the above three functions, depending on the verb it is tacked onto, e.g.
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1. дљлать сдљлать 'do, make' (Perfective partner — no change in meaning.)
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2. писђть списђть 'copy' (Change in meaning.)
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3. ходќть сходќть 'make a quick trip' (Action-type Perfective.)
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