> has no analogue in English
English uses prepositions instead to modify meaning, as you described.
приехал literal "drove in" переехал "drove over" подъехал "drove up"
> can be added to just about any word adding a flavor you may not have even experienced
That's definitely true. this makes translating from russian lose quite a lot of color.
Re:Ogden's Basic English
by bausano_michael on Monday October 05, 2020 @10:57AM
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We've got that in Czech too, it's a nice feature of Slavic languages.
Re:Ogden's Basic English
by 082349872349872 on Monday October 05, 2020 @12:43PM
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fan-effing-tastic!
The beauty is that these prefixes, being universal, can be added to just about any word adding a flavor you may not have even experienced. Using the same prefixes before a vulgar word makes Russian, perhaps, the most versatile language for cursing.