Word
Он хочет перепродать редкость.
Meaning
He wants to resell the rarity.
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Questions & Answers about Он хочет перепродать редкость.
Why is хочет followed directly by перепродать with no word for to?
In Russian, verbs like хотеть are followed directly by an infinitive.
- хочет перепродать = wants to resell
- There is no separate word like English to before the infinitive.
This is a very common pattern:
- Он хочет спать. = He wants to sleep.
- Она хочет купить книгу. = She wants to buy a book.
If the person who wants something and the person who does the action are different, Russian usually switches to a clause with чтобы:
- Он хочет, чтобы я ушёл. = He wants me to leave.
What does the prefix пере- add in перепродать?
The prefix пере- here gives the idea of selling again or selling on.
- продать = to sell
- перепродать = to resell
So перепродать usually means someone got the item first and then wants to sell it to someone else.
Why is it перепродать and not перепродавать?