Learning Russian Verbs
This book is designed to help Russian students learn verbs and their grammar by presenting verbs grouped by subject.
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Much of language learning requires the student to learn words, sounds and patterns by heart. In the same way that a body builder improves their strength, the language learner needs to regularly flex their language muscles.
I have designed this book for Russian students who have started learning about verbs. It’s a modern treatment of Russian verbs and their grammar. Although we cover aspects, tenses and moods, you can skip over the bits you don't understand.
There are 133 verbs in this book. I've chosen them by selecting verbs from well-known Russian textbooks. I also consulted a Russian word frequency dictionary. I've grouped the verbs by subject.
I have left out the verbs of motion in this book. The focus is on aspects and tense.
This book will help you revise Russian verbs. The verbs are presented in groups by subject and learning objectives to help with memorisation. The verbs are fully conjugated. For almost all verbs in the book, there is an example in each aspect and tense. If you read my book and understand the difference between an imperfective and perfective verb, then I have succeeded.
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About the Author
Chris Pinnock is an IT professional living in Essex in the UK. He obtained a PhD in Mathematics in 2000.
He spent 18 years in the Telecommunications industry working on IT Systems before moving to consultancy and hosting. He has been working on the Tezos blockchain at the Tezos Foundation since 2021.
He has written a book on Russian verbs and is currently writing two books on blockchain.
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Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgements
How to Use the Verb Tables
Abbreviations
- IGrammar
1Verbs and Conjugations
- What is a Verb?
- First Conjugation in the Present Tense
- Second Conjugation in the Present Tense
- The Present Tense Stem
- Variants of the Conjugations
- General Rules of Conjugation
2Transitivity and Objects
- What is Transitivity?
- Strictly Transitive Verbs
- Other Types of Objects
- Using Verbs Together
- Usage of Objects with Verbs
3Tenses
- What is Tense?
- The Past Tense
- Быть - to be
- The Compound Future Tense
4Aspects
- What is Aspect?
- The Perfective Pair
- The Imperfective Aspect
- The Perfective Aspect
- A Note about Stems
5Moods
- What is Mood?
- Formation of the Imperative
- Use of the Imperative Forms
- The Joint Imperative
- Formation of the Conditional
- Use of the Conditional Forms
6Reflexive Verbs
- What is a Reflexive Verb?
- Conjugation of Reflexive Verbs
- Key Examples
- Non-reflexive Pairings
- IIVerbs
7Conjugation Practice
- Зна́ть
- По́мнить
8Eating, Drinking and Cooking
- За́втракать/Поза́втракать
- Обе́дать/Пообе́дать
- У́жинать/Поу́жинать
- Е́сть/Съе́сть
- Пи́ть/Вы́пить
- Гото́вить(ся)/Пригото́вить(ся)
- Пе́чь/Испе́чь
- Зака́зывать/Заказа́ть