Come in! Invitational motion directives in Russian

The Russian language has six verbs that, when used as invitations, can be translated into English as ‘come in’: входи ( те ) ‘vxodi(te)’, войди ( те ) ‘vojdi(te)’, заходи ( те ) ‘zaxodi(te)’, зайди ( те ) ‘zajdi(te)’, проходи ( те ) ‘proxodi(te)’, пройди ( те ) ‘projdi(te)’. In all of these cases, the invitation issued at time t 1 is to be fulfilled immediately, practically at t 1 , because any elapsed time is immaterial. There are several factors that affect the choice of aspect and prefix: the Speaker’s perception of the intention of the ‘Figure’; whether the door is open or closed; whether it is closed and unlocked, but presumed by the ‘Figure’ to be locked; whether the Speaker and the ‘Figure’ can see each other and know each other; whether either of them represents an authority figure; and whether the Speaker treats the ‘Figure’ as a friend or as a guest.