Word
Режиссёр рассердился и раскричался.
Meaning
The director got angry and started yelling.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Режиссёр рассердился и раскричался.
и
and
режиссёр
director (film, stage)
рассердиться
to get angry
раскричаться
to start shouting loudly
Questions & Answers about Режиссёр рассердился и раскричался.
How does the combination of рас- and -ся change the meaning of кричать in раскричался?
The base verb is кричать (to shout). Adding the prefix рас- and postfix -ся creates a specific meaning taught in this lesson: an action that starts, builds up intensity, and becomes hard to stop. So раскричался does not just mean he shouted once; it means he got completely carried away with yelling and lost his temper.
The verb рассердился also has рас- and -ся. Does it follow the exact same pattern of building uncontrollable intensity?
Not quite! This is a tricky coincidence to watch out for. Unlike кричать, the base verb for being angry already has the -ся particle built in: сердиться. Here, the prefix рас- simply acts as a standard perfective prefix to show the result or start of a state (got angry). It is not the special circumfix combination that was added to кричать.
Why are the prefixes spelled with an с (рас-) instead of a з (раз-)?
The prefix changes its spelling to match the voicing of the following letter. Since the roots in this sentence start with voiceless consonants (с in сердиться and к in кричать), the prefix is spelled with the voiceless с. If the root started with a voiced consonant or a vowel, it would be spelled раз-.
What aspect are the verbs in this sentence, and why?