Motion Verbs

[lady-of-the-sea.livejournal.com]

In my independent study right now, we're studying motion verbs for the whole first half of this semester. And it's not going terribly, I just wish it hadn't taken so incredibly long for us to start learning them. I know they're complicated, but putting it off until the fourth year, in my opinion, makes it a lot more difficult to get the hang of.
This got me wondering, are there any little (or long!) poems, or memory things that Russian children are taught, to help them remember when to use what? I know in English we have some little songs, and rhymes, and mnemonic devices about grammar and spelling - are there any for motion verbs in Russian?

Спасибо!

Comments

Re: Do not worry about motion verbs.

[pinky-the-cow.livejournal.com]

The first one is easier to understand when it's performed. Well, the teacher asks for Vovochka not to recite things painfully slow. Vovochka changes the verb to the "faster" one instead. "Идти" means "to walk", "бежать" means "to run".

In the second one Vovochka mistakes similarly sounding "я иду по ковру" (I walk along the carpet) with "я иду, пока вру" (~I walk as long as I tell lies).

They are not the epitomes of humor so they're of mild fun. The abruptness with which one realizes that an order to spell faster can actually be misunderstood that way. And the unexpected manifestation of an another, less sensible, but plausible phrase of pretty close sounding. Those things are often greeted with giggles from the audience.

Re: Do not worry about motion verbs.

[lady-of-the-sea.livejournal.com]

Hehe, I like those. Silly puns always make me smile. Thanks! :)