járni vs menni

[Setwale_Charm]

As far as I know, both means "to go". What is the difference between them?

Thank you.

 

[cajzl]

The difference is the same like in the Slavic languages:

menni - jíti, jeti, идти, ехать
járni - choditi, jezditi, ходить, ездить

 

[Setwale_Charm]

Thanks. So is that a rule that Hungarian generally has different words for "perfective" verbs and their imperfective forms?

 

[cajzl]

It is not such case. Both идти and ходить are imperfective. ходить is rather frequentative.

Nem akarok iskolába menni! (ja nechoču idti v školu)
Nem akarok iskolába járni! (ja nechoču chodit' v školu)