Perfective VS Imperfective | Russian Language

Here I am explaining a hard topic of verb aspects of Russian language. You don't have to memorize everything at once, but I recommend you to just get familiar with this and just be aware of the aspects.
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[@angelosenlob1557]

clever. You explained very well a very difficult subject. спасибо

[@TwelfthRoot2]

And be careful with покупать (imperfective) and купить (perfective). FYI, искупать/купать = to bathe

[@jamesbean9396]

Looked this up on wiki and was like wtf. Watched this video for 15 seconds and understood the concept 😂😂 спасибо, молодец!

[@Mimi-Maa18]

1. Посмотреть 2. Прочитать 3. Попюбить 4. Поспать 5. Съесть

[@Mimi-Maa18]

Be Fluent In Russian Ok. Thank you.

[@rp7966]

Is the 3rd 1 correct?

[@talson3001]

It is a typo, полюбит is correct

[@user-un8hy5dd3j]

@@talson3001 you have typo too, ь is missing at end

[@talson3001]

Данил, ты чё, крэзи? Damn 😂 thanks for noticing that

[@Windavinci]

I read this in a textbook. "If the actions occur consecutively then use perfective, if they happen simultaneously then imperfective" Он вошёл в комнату и поздоровался. Or.. когда он входит в комнату, он здоровается

[@jonizulo]

I always feel enlightened when I watch videos from this channel because it explains it so well and it's so easy to understand. Спасибо!

[@sbapungi1506]

You have a good way of explaining things. Keep it up.

[@basicinfo6816]

писать - написать читать - прочитать учить - выучить пить - выпить делать - сделать есть - съесть завтракать - позавтракать обедать - пообедать ужинать - поужинать звонить - позвонить готовить - приготовить платить - заплатить --------------------- встречать - встретить отвечать - ответить спрашивать - спросить показывать - показать рассказывать - рассказать забывать - забыть вставать - встать давать - дать понимать - понять выбирать - выбрать покупать - купить брать - взять говорить - сказать

[@SamSunLight]

@Positive Learner, Thanks a lot !

[@stevodabutchur4080]

Спасибо, спасибо, Спасибо!!!! My teacher went over this and I found it very difficult. You explained it much better.

[@sigitato560]

Video and commentary is packed with lessons👍 thanks

[@karenelisabeth9215]

Exactly what I've been looking for until now :)

[@malucicala3457]

You are saving me the night before my exam 😅🙏 спасибо ☺️

[@hunterinsho]

such a good explanation. definitely subbing for that

[@miram.6832]

Классное видео! Очень хорошо объясняет парень!

[@hekmatfreihat9799]

you're amazing thank you very much 👍

[@user-fu4cz6ic9n]

Can you make another video on this doing different verbs please!

[@talson3001]

there are multiple websites online showing different verbs with different aspects

[@hamzaalmoliki4460]

Thank you for your explanation...!

[@orisphera]

I think imperfective is also used for repeated actions and in texts written in present tense

[@LloydHamann]

Thanks so much for this video... I love aspectǃ So cool

[@EdouardAlex]

I missed this class at school and I was quite lost. This is very useful Thanks a lot! Посмотреть Прочитать Попюбить Поспать Съесть

[@nickde6339]

so easy... but what the fuck do they really mean. We can only understand that stuff IN CONTEXT with the help of the closest translation possible!!!! : / so far, didnt get anything.

[@krystalhooper8508]

@@nickde6339 they mean the same as the regular verbs but in a different tense. One way that I heard perfect vs. imperfect explained when I was learning French is that the perfect can interrupt the imperfect, meaning that if you’re telling a story that starts with, “I was walking on the beach, then I saw a shark,” then “walking” would be in the imperfect past tense and “saw” would be in the simple (or perfect) past tense because seeing a shark interrupted walking on the beach. They both take place in the past, but the act of walking is a process which has its own span of time, wherein something else can take place. The imperfect can also be used to say something that you did habitually, for example “back then, I exercised every day.” In that example, ‘exercise’ would be in the imperfect, because you’re talking about many instances of exercising, whereas if you said “I exercised yesterday,” and were talking about one specific instance, then you would use the perfect past tense. I hope that this helps

[@krystalhooper8508]

@@nickde6339 it’s difficult for native English speakers, but it does exist in English. It’s the difference between “I was eating” (imperfect) vs. “I ate” (perfect, or simple).

[@Shrey_Shrek]

thanks lol

[@Shrey_Shrek]

wait I realised this is what ur guessing oops

[@Adnancorner]

he sound so cute when speak english.. that why i love russians so cute when they speak english well many of them i know :D :D

[@user-ti5pb3gd1c]

Я хотя и русская, но с трудом могу различать эти глаголы 🤦 Но этот чувак класс👍 объяснил очень понятно

[@zippymwaniki6938]

Спасибо большое

[@zippymwaniki6938]

Смотреть посмотреть, Читать прочитать Любить полюбить Спать спить Есть сесть

[@Ihatebingqiling]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@zippymwaniki6938 смотреть - посмотреть любить - полюбить спать - поспать есть - поесть

[@malayupolyglot9176]

#Be Fluent. Это очень хорошо, спасибо.

[@davidcoria9264]

Hi from American. I tried to understand Russian but It is very hard! I don't give up! I have to study more Russian verbs

[@lekjov6170]

How are you doing now? Still learning Russian?

[@Shrey_Shrek]

are u still here?

[@howjaneylearned]

Ты когда-нибудь работал преподавателем РКИ? Ты отлично объясняешь все правила! Молодец. Буду рекомендовать твои видео моим студентам.

[@BeFluentinRussian]

Никогда в своей жизни, но спасибо:)

[@rohanhansen471]

Thank you so much for this AWESOME explanation! It clarifies so much for me!

[@sabakhelashvili3296]

When exactly do you use the future imperfective? We always use future perfective in Georgian. Is it the same as future continuous in English?

[@user-sj5pz1ht3n]

Thank you for a good video. I will practice little by little. #befluent

[@tormarq]

Супер видео! Спасибо!

[@melancholictofuthiing]

so i can always put по before a imperfect verb to make it future? i am just confused on how am i supposed to structure a sentence to distinguish it from present and future

[@519djw6]

Your videos are excellent! That said, I would strongly advise anyone *not* to use "Google Translate," especially for Perfective vs. Imperfective Verbs. A much better reference for those seriously interested in improving their Russian is "501 Russian Verbs," by Thomas R. Beyer, Jr. And, from now on, I will take your advice and learn both aspects of verbs from the very beginning. *Я тебя благодарю!*

[@DPLDN99]

great video, spasibo!!

[@Finncast]

Got it! Спасибо

[@ishaanbandyopadhyay6603]

Смотреть - посмотреть Читать - прочитать Любить - полюбить Спать - поспать Есть - Съесть (I was confused about this one) Love from India! You're my favorite Russian teacher on KZbin. #befluent

[@josephmoriarty119]

so , russian tenses are pretty much past, future and present, and the verbs are divided in 2 perfect and imperfective and both of them can be used in past and future , and the present form won't change " i look, you look, he looks..." but on the past and future they not only can mean different things"dependent of prefix...." but also because of the characteristics of the imperfective and perfective they will be used in different circumstances, and of course mostly starting with the differences if i conjugate the verbs on the infinitive form?????

[@testemunhadofracasso9192]

I tried not to cheat, I got that basically we put the prefix "по" before the verbs (in most cases and in all the examples of the exercise, except to "Прочитать" (also can be "Почитать"?) and "Съесть" (also can be "Поесть"?), but I really didn't get how the "perfective aspect" of a verb like "to sleep" works... I tried to use phrases like "I just slept" and the translation came "Я просто спал"... Wow... So how is the "perfective aspect" used?!? In other words, when I use the verb "Поспать"?!? Anyway, thanks a lot for teaching this so difficult language!

[@coltadams83]

Здраствуйте Фидор. Forgive me if I misspelled your name. I am trying to practice with some new words. If you have time could you offer your opinion? The sentence I tried constructing is: Я видаю Анну бродить близкому морю. Of course I'm trying to say: I see Anna walking by the sea. I noticed when checking this through Google translate (not always accurate) it said the adjective близкий meant close or near. Could this also be used to indicate by or would it be a different construction or verb all together. I was almost thinking to indicate by I might have to use the instrumental case but am not entirely sure. When constructing this I decided to just go ahead and use the dative case to indicate "close to." I got so excited working on forming sentences with the new words I forgot to do the practice activity. Here are the perfective forms I found: Посмотреть Почитать Полюбить Поспать Съест

[@BeFluentinRussian]

Я вижу, как Анна ходит около моря. I would say it like that, let me know if you want me to explain more.

[@Nuclear241]

Be Fluent in Russian I might need you to explain more about it, thank you

[@sohakhaled9436]

A great effort

[@legacywolf443]

смотреть - посмотреть читать - прочитать любить - полюбить спать - засыпать есть - съесть

[@galaxydave3807]

It makes no sense that its prefix is always different :_

[@legacywolf443]

@@galaxydave3807 It kinda makes sense when you start to understand what each prefix means. I can't really explain it further in English, but in my language Hungarian I could!

[@galaxydave3807]

@@legacywolf443 Oh, I can speak a bit of Hungarian xD Or rather understand it than speaking on my own. But, why even making the dinstiction between perfective and imperfective?

[@JesseUX2]

He never replied :( He's still a legend though

[@legacywolf443]

@@galaxydave3807 imperfective is when you're doing something with no clear end. For example, "я ела". You can't put a logical border on when are you gonna end eating, but if you say "я съела мой бутерброд", it makes it clear by the time you are talking about, the sandwich was gone, as eating it can't last forever. Example of different prefixes in Hungarian: szed = collect (with no limit) All other ones would logically be translated to perfective: felszed = pick up leszed = take (from above) összeszed = collect (limited amount of things, defined by object) szétszed = take apart megszed = fill up etc. You can't fill something up or pick something up for any amount of time, but you can collect things with no limit

[@ericdekervarec9824]

i read this book i was reading this book (is it progressiv form in english?)

[@jizzledfreq]

So my whole take away is that imperfective is essentially English -ing? I walk to the store = Perfective I’m walking to the store = Imperfective I read a book vs I’m reading a book.🤷🏽‍♂️

[@claudiawood5636]

The English perfective of that sentence would have to be "I walked to the store" or "I will have walked to the store". There cannot be a perfective present verb as perfective verbs are completed actions. If you are currently doing something it cannot be completed. I think of it more as: Perfective= "-ed" Imperfective= "-ing" but this may not be the case in every example, as I am sure there are exceptions.

[@ghstz7191]

спасибо за помощь. Сейчас я сделаю лучше.

[@harryelliot6281]

1. Посмотреть 2. Прочитать 3. Полюбить 4. Поспать 5. Съесть Гарри Еллиот

[@user-oo5hc2li9s]

wow thanks

[@ivanivanov-gl2bs]

please, answer my question, what are the differences between бегать, побегать, бежать, побежать and прибежать. Could you explain to me?

[@vladko2008]

to run: (бегать, побегать) - simple imp., perf. (бежать, побежать) - continious imp., perf. бежать - being running, побежать - to begin running, прибежать - to have run to the point.

[@Cheetos439]

Omg thx so mch

[@SangeetaSharma-sy9sz]

where can I get the book Russian 101 - I am in Moscow

[@SangeetaSharma-sy9sz]

A great explaination - you motviate me to learn russian #befluent

[@ischikellecorbin6901]

For the future tense perfective aspect do you need to add «по» to the beginning of the verb always ? Would it be я буду посмотрю or just я посмотрю ? Also is it possible to you use смотрю alone as future tense perfective aspect ? Hope I did not confuse you with my question

[@SittaMicol]

if you use посмотрю it is already future, you don't have to use буду, cause present doesn't exist with perfective forms of the verbs:) you need буду in order to make the future with the inperfective forms of the verbs.

[@michaelobrien4245]

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN я прочитаю книгу AND я буду читать книгу IS IT IN ENGLISH LIKE FUTURE CONTINUOS AND FUTURE PERFECT TENSE.WHAT EXACTLY DOES EACH SENTENCE MEAN OR IS IT EXACTLY THE SAME

[@egekaraylanl8340]

I will read a/the book VS I will be reading a/the book

[@kizahi3075]

Could you(or anyone) explain or give examples of the differences between играть and поиграть? It didn't really make sense to me when you said играть = to be playing/to play, but поиграть also means to play.

[@BeFluentinRussian]

in an infinitive form the difference is negligible, but in other tenses: поиграть - to play (as a one time fact) играть - to be playing (as a process)

[@Leo007619]

A: What did you do yesterday? B: (in addition to other things) I read a book. (I neither started nor finished yesterday) Но ты говоришь, что несовершенный вид переводится только в continuous.

[@obsidian_gmd]

What context would you use «Полюбить» in?

[@obsidian_gmd]

спасибо

[@fake-r-]

Я полюбил его/её/это

[@reaganurioste8556]

fedor can you help me. i understand perfect and imperfective but not what is meant by definite imperfective and indefinite imperfective. can you explain it to me

[@BeFluentinRussian]

I explain it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZXKlWyXqJp5ms0

[@sabakhelashvili6360]

Fedor. Why do Russian say "я уже читал эту книгу в прошлом году" when they mean that the action has been absolutely finished? I am confused. I have seen many situations when the action is finished absolutely but the native speakers still use the imperfective verb.

[@BeFluentinRussian]

All verbs in the past tense are technically "finished". Imperfective doesn't tell us whether the action is finished or not. It simply tells us what the focus of the sentence it. Imperfective aspects tells us that the focus is on a process, perfective tells us that the focus is on the fact itself.

[@TwelfthRoot2]

To clarify, the imperfective verb is used because it describes that the book was read over time (process) and not in an instant. If you were to say that you dropped the book, then the verb “to drop” would be perfective. Another thing to consider is perfective verbs as related to motion. If you’re specifically talking about the end of an action “I arrived” or “I left” then the perfective is used. Also (maybe a native speaker can correct me if I’m wrong) but it also depends on what you’re trying to bring attention to. For example: Я просыпался в 8 часов, прочитал книгу, и потом выехал дом. (I woke up at 8 am [perfective - result/specific time], read the book [perfective - aka finished reading the book and making a point of the result that I am done reading because another event is coming after I finished reading] and left home by vehicle [note that выехал is perfective because we are talking about the result or specific moment of leaving and not something that happened over time]. Counter examples would be: Я просыпался 8 часов (imperfective - I slept for 8 hours). This happened over time. Я читал книгу в прошлом году (I read the book last year). We are talking about how the book was read last year and it was a process of reading and not a specific moment of having finished the book (aka read the last word of the book and then did something else after reading this last word). Я ехал в работу и что-то случалось (I drove to work and something happened while driving). We are talking about the process of driving which happened over time. One thing that helps me is to think of a past action as 3 separate parts. 1 part is the process and the other parts are the beginning/end of the process. If you imagine this idea as a number line in math between the points 1 and 2 or [1,2]. You basically have: exactly the number 1, all the points between 1 and 2, and exactly the number 2. The perfective is the exact beginning or end (aka 1 or 2) and the imperfective is all of the points between. So if I said “yesterday I drove to work” you can think of it in 3 parts: “I left home (perfective - specific moment), drove to work (imperfective - process of driving which includes all of the time actually moving), and arrived to work (perfective - specific moment). Depending on which part you are trying to highlight will decide which verbs and which aspect to use. Technically the concept of leaving/arriving are 0 second duration events. They only correspond to the beginning or end. This is a perfective concept. The same is true of math when we talk about when an event started/ended. It corresponds to 1 point and not a duration. Native speakers (or expert L2 people) please correct anything wrong here! I think these distinctions are necessary because they cause a lot of confusion for people learning. It would be nice to see some answers/translations to an extensive set of questions like: “I read the book yesterday.” (Did you finish the book or read only part of it? Or is it not important? And how are these questions translated using читать, прочитать, почитать, etc. and their implications). Wow this comment got way too long. Time to shut up 🤐 (2)^(1/12)

[@LiveRussian]

You have really interesting thoughts about Russian verb aspects here. Quick correction: ПРОСНУТЬСЯ(perfective): я проснулся (I woke up, perf) ПРОСЫПАТЬСЯ (imperfective): я просыпался (I woke up, imperf). Where we say "Я читал эту книгу", we use one of the usages of imperfective verbs called GENERAL FACT, we use it, when there is no focus on the result (we have no idea if the book was read entirely of just a few pages, and how many times it was read). When we say "Я ПОЧИТАЛ КНИГУ" it means that I want to make an accent of doing it for some time (a short time), usually we'd say it like this if we want to say that after reading a book I didn't something else: я немного почитал книгу и пошёл на работу (as you mentioned, two actions took place one after another, I have to use perfective to show it, because if I didn't, it would mean that I was reading a book while going to work, look: Я ЧИТАЛ КНИГУ И ШЁЛ НА РАБОТУ, basically both these actions took place at the same time because imperfective verbs drive our attention from the result (from the fact that the action was finished!!!) IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT!!! When I use imperfective, a person who's listening to me, concentrates on the process itself, but if we want them to be concentrated on the fact that one action took place after another one, we simply need to accent the fact that the first action was finished! I ate and then went to work: я ПОЕЛ и пошёл на работу. BUT I ate while watching TV: Я ЕЛ и СМОТРЕЛ телевизор. When talking about just one action we're less restricted: я читал книгу, я прочитал книгу - both sentences mean that I did it in the past, using both of them is okay unless you want to underline the fact that you've read the entire book!!! then you say ПРОЧИТАЛ

[@TwelfthRoot2]

Live Russian thank you very much 🙏🏼 🙏🏼

[@LiveRussian]

You're welcome)

[@travelleryu]

1:27 for myself

[@user-if3bh3hv3m]

hi is amazing video so i want from you to explain to me please cuctemnu u necuctemnu verbs sorry its just hard writing by russian thank you very much kept going nd good luck

[@md.muradmiah5103]

Is there any video where i can get most common verb of Russian language with perfective and imperfective?

[@fake-r-]

dk but u can ask me 😎 if u need something specific

[@RobiulIslam-wq8qs]

Nice

[@LiborSupcik]

I was watching-looked at was said actually in 3rd person= he, not 1st=I

[@kavitashekhar4399]

Where shall we go on Saturday evening? In this which aspect will we use for the verb go??

[@topher2048]

I read somewhere that if you’re not sure which one to use, use imperfective

[@kavitashekhar4399]

@@topher2048 sure thanks

[@topher2048]

Kavita Shekhar нет проблем

[@user-dw2ky9ql5u]

as a russian native speaker I would use the perfective one because the result is more important than the process. So "Куда пойдём в субботу вечером?" You could use the imperfective form as well. But with a slightly different meaning, as if you have already decided on going out and now you are asking where exactly the listener would like to go. BTW, as a teacher of russian for foreigners I find some parts of this video hm... let`s say misinforming, which is sad.

[@PedroOlivMedeiros]

1. Посмотреть 2. Прочитать 3. Попюбить 4. Поспать 5. Съесть I have a doubt, Fedor: what's the difference between показывать and казать, being both imperfective?

[@user-ho5wr7fc9w]

We haven't got a word казать in Russian. We have показывать (perf) и показать (imperf). Казать is говорить in Ukrainian. We started a new project with interactive exercises and will be glad to answer your questions at our site learningrussian.org/

[@PedroOlivMedeiros]

Варвара Пятакова Thank you!

[@BeFluentinRussian]

3. поЛюбить Казать is probably taken from казатьСЯ. But by itself it doesn't mean anything.

[@PedroOlivMedeiros]

Thank you, Fedor!!!

[@sigitato560]

I learn from this comment, thanks :)

[@sheerheartattacknightattheoper]

its like to play and to have played for some time lol

[@nathanbartoshevich9540]

Спасибо нига

[@lahakul5923]

Sometimes it makes sense sometimes not.. какая разница может быть между "смотри" и "посмотри"????

[@tormarq]

Как сделать легче для испанцев? Я не могу это понять.

[@irina2549]

Yo bebia un cafe - я пила кофе (imperf), he bebido un cafe - я выпила кофе (perf)

[@SlavicLanguage]

Вау! Ты играешь на гитаре? Круто! 🔥

[@normskilawrence1033]

посмотреть прочитать полюбить поспать съесть

[@laurenrausch9253]

1.посмотреть 2. прочитать 3.полюбить 4.поспать 5.поесть

[@kaleenalettich5899]

1. Смотрая 2. Читаывая 3. Любиая 4. Поспая 5. Есить For 5 I tried to switch gender for me but it dose not look right ая.

[@ademyildizlanguages]

В русском языке у глагола есть две разные формы. Когда мы учим русский глагол, нам всегда нужно запоминать две формы. Форму нсв и форму св. Спасибо тебе за бесплатную знанию. Удачи всем в изучении русского языка и не унывать но быть мудрым. 1) посмотреть 2) прочитать 3) полюбить 4) поспать 5) поесть

[@ademyildizlanguages]

Эти формы просто нужно выучит наизусть. И вам нужно запомнить, что у глагола нсв есть три значения и у глагола св есть два значения. Успехов в ваших делах.

[@galaxydave3807]

Thank you, now I know I dont want to learn it anymore xD

[@mathiascorriveau]

It's hard to explain to English speakers because they don't really have a clear difference between perfective and imperfective verbs that Romance languages certainly do, for example: French: j'ai mangé, je mangeais Italian: ho mangiato, mangevo Spanish: he comido, comia Portuguese: comi, comia Well you can say: When I was going to school... (imperfective) When I went to school (perfective) But, imperfective in Romance languages mean that the action was finished, it's not in process lol ... Still, Russian seems like English, no clear difference between the two

[@evets1709]

смотреть посмотреть читать читить любить полюбить (my favourite word even though I am very very old) ... ))) спать поспать (vy second favourite word --- because I am very very old ha ha ) есть сьесть But I cannot tell a lie. I cheated and used mimi's answers. ))) Yeah, I know, shame shame shame. Thanks Fedor (and thanks mimi) ))) These tasks have taken your work to the next level. Just when I thought that it was perfect (otlichno??) you make it better. # Befluent

[@fake-r-]

Читать Прочитать/Дочитать Есть Съесть ъ≠ь We take ъ when we want to take something like ь but placed after prefix thats ended on consonant letter and before root of the word (can i evel call it like that haha, dk but i mean "ест" part) thats begins on е ё ю я (but not и) The good part of this is that we have the only one way to use ъ, in all other ways we always use ь

[@juliasasha2029]

How to pronounce Съесть

[@alexiskeys899]

Посмотреть Прочитать Полюбить Поспать Съесть

[@mennahany2561]

Посмотреть Прочитать Полюбить Поспать Поесть & съесть

[@Swatiii131]

Посмотреть Прочитать Полюбить Поспать Сьесть

[@fake-r-]

Съесть ✌️

[@barzhikevil6873]

посмотре́ть прочита́ть полюби́ть поспа́ть съесть

[@harshpatankar1057]

#befluent

[@edwindaniellanderossierra2198]

Intermediate to advanced?? I'm beginner😭

[@rou_dhi]

смотреть посмотреть читать Прочитать Любить Полюбить спать Поспать Есть Съестъ

[@user-iq9io1de8i]

Это что-то типо совершенный и несовершенный вид? Я русский, но никогда такого не было)

[@plerpplerp5599]

There is no present perfect in Russian? REALLY?? How do you say i have watched?

[@mihanich]

Rikki Sjoeberg "я посмотрел/а" Russian doesn't have present perfect and Russians struggle to master it when they learn English.

[@bonbonpony]

Russian doesn't have it because it doesn't need it. Same with Polish.

[@anabeatrizbarreto33]

I think this tense doesn't exist in much languages. My native language doesn't have present perfect for example and i still don't know how to use it properly in english.

[@fedormorozov8255]

We have. But it is very rare. I have watched= У меня посмотренный, but no one tell like that with only the verb. У меня уже посмотрен этот фильм. I have watch that movie already. That is normal but it sounds like from very old person. Russian present perfect has the same origin but It makes differ meaning.

[@DNTK20]

смотреть/посмотреть читать/прочитать любить/полюбить спать/поспать есть/съесть Thanks #BeFluent

[@nexusclarum8000]

I read often = imperfective [ talking about a habit. something with no clear end ] = я ча́сто читаю I read that book. / I will read that book = perfective [ talking about reading a specific book which has an end ] = я прочита́ла та кни́га / я прочита́ю та кни́га I will read = imperfective [ talking about an action you will do. because no object (book) specified we're not talking about finishing this action ON/TO something ]. = я прочита́ю that's how I understand it anyways. Feel free to correct me.

[@daminirathaur9727]

I can't understand.. when to use imperfective.. help me plzz

[@pitzboechannel]

It helps realizing that it exists in english and other Euro languages too: it's just the difference between a finished action and a progressive action: I walk vs I'm walking; I wrote vs I was writing; and so on

[@984csabi]

Hi Fedor, could you help me with the following question: when there is a structure with another verb (I can do) do you have to adjust them to each other to make them both same perfective/ imperfective? For example: мочь + infinitive 1. я смог сделать (both perfective) 2. я смог делать (мочь perfective, infinitive imperfective) 3. я мог сделать (мочь imperfective, infinitive perfective) 4. я мог делать (both imperfective) I personally would use either 1. or 4. but I'm not sure if it's correct. Thanks a lot Sir.

[@984csabi]

Also considering nr. 2 haha

[@BeFluentinRussian]

All 4 can be applicable. It all depends on the context.

[@984csabi]

@@BeFluentinRussian Thank you, so at least I know none of them is absolutely wrong, I guess if I don't pick the best one, you would still understand what I try to communicate)

[@ralphralpherson9441]

I love you Fedor but to be honest I don't understand this s*** in English, could you maybe give examples? I have always learned languages By example and in Context of a normal conversation. I want to speak Russian, not be a Russian grammar teacher.. I just want to Have an advantage when I talk to Russian girls. Lol

[@dollmaker78]

Слишком много английского. С трудом представляю пользу от урока для учащего русский язык. Однако , вполне ощутимая польза для моего английского ;) . Ставлю нравлик.

[@kopeginisikenpavlov]

Блять Русский язык очень сложный, 2:20 какая разница смотри и посмотри, буду смотреть и посмотрю

[@jeffreyd508]

LOL, why did I start learning this language? My advice to anyone reading. If you just started Russian and you dont NEED it, STOP!! Go learn Spanish or Dutch or Romanian if you just want a 'language hobby'. Grammar rules and pronunciation will break your soul. This is NOT English. This is major league. .

[@Cheetos439]

Viva Rusia.

[@jakobtheander9198]

@@Nobody-eg4biPutin has never been a bad guy? This didnt age so well, did it?:D

[@Nobody-eg4bi]

@@jakobtheander9198 Yep Putin is a good guy and Biden is a bad guy, this is just my opinion