Questions tagged [спряжение]
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Why do some verbs lack certain forms in Russian?
One peculiar aspect of Russian is the fact that some verbs simply don't have certain forms. For example, the verb "победить" doesn't have a first person singular future form. Even though, ...
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Why is the verb сниться governed by the object?
Ты мне снишься каждую ночь.
I get that ты is the subject, but to my English-speaking mind, the person dreaming is the one performing the action, and so the person dreamt about should be the object.
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The perfective verb опереться (to lean on) has the strangest conjugation in the future and imperative, what is the etymological reason for it?
From the impf/pf pair опираться/опереться (=to lean on), опереться seems to be the only verb that exhibits the following strange conjugations, though apparently belonging to the -e- conjugation group:
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Epenthetic л: why there is no л in the conjugation of the verb звать between the в and the ё in зовёшь, зовёт, зовём and зовёте?
I understand that an epenthetic л should always appear between any of the five labial consonants б, п, м, ф and в and the sound /j/ (except in front of the sound /ja/), so that, for example, in the ...
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Complete rules for the epenthetic л in verb conjugations
My question is twofold:
What are the complete and exact rules that govern the epenthetic л in verb conjugations i.e. the л that is inserted either just in the first person singular of certain –и ...
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Is there a rule behind first conjugation verbs ending in -ить?
In the book "A comprehensive Russian grammar" by Terence Wade, three different rules are shown for how a first conjugation verb ending in -ить is conjugated. It does not explain when each ...
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Can it be said that the verbs in -ить are more localized in space and time than in -еть?
My gut feeling is this is the case.
Verbs in -еть usually have prolonged, undetermined and broad character, while verbs in -ить are more "here and now". Is this view correct?
Examples: хаметь-хамить,...
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Why "вести" but "веду"
Let's compare three verbs and their first person singular forms:
нести - несу
везти - везу
вести - веду
Is there a particular reason why, in вести, the с turned into д ? Is there any intuitive ...
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What is the 12th Russian exception verb?
There is a well-known poem that lists eleven Russian exception verbs:
Гнать, дышать, держать, зависеть,
Видеть, слышать и обидеть,
А еще терпеть, вертеть,
Ненавидеть и смотреть.
Their exceptional ...
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"Хотелось" or "хочу"
1). хотелось = мне хотелось / I wanted
2). хочу = я хочу купить что нибудь для тебя / I want to buy something for you
What is the difference between "хотелось" when used in the first scenario v.s. ...
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Спряжения - обижать/обидеть
While studying the 1st and 2nd conjugations of the verbs in the present tense I noticed something.
Generally speaking, verbs ending in -ить belong to the 2nd conjugation while the rest of them belong ...
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Есть ли настоящее время у глагола отправить?
Как я понимаю, глагол отправлять имеет следующие формы:
я отправлял - я отправляю - я буду отправлять,
тогда как глагол отправить как будто бы не имеет формы настоящего времени:
я отправил - ??? - ...
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Verb conjugation with Pronoun ‘я’
As far as I know, when conjugating the verb for the I pronoun you will use ю or у. I was wondering if there was a trick to knowing when to use which one.
Examples:
я читаю — I read
я живу — I live
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