Russian Reflexive verbs - how they are formed, what kinds there are, when to use

In this video lesson we will talk about reflexive verbs in Russian! This is a very important topic as there are quite many of them and the rules are rather logical, so if you take your time you'll understand how they work very quickly!
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[@AlexCh502]

Спасибо за видео! Раньше Я ничего не понял. Теперь я всё понимаю!

[@jaedth]

I've been watching quite a few online teachers of Russian and this is by the far the most professional in terms of clarity of explanation and well-thought out examples. Thank you and congrats.

[@robertsmillie7109]

Clearest explanation I've ever heard. Keep up the good work, and thanks for posting.

[@marcelbruinsma]

I totally agree!

[@nicolasespindola2852]

Fortunately we have the same concept in romance languages (Spanish speaker here). Although it doesn't work exactly the same way, I can say we shouldn't have a hard time understanding this. Thank you Antonia! You're helping us a lot, you put a lot of passion in your videos!

[@AntoniaRomaker]

Thank you for your interesting and kind comment! ;)

[@martinprince7728]

that's exactly what I was thinking since the "-ся" and the "-se" work in such a similar manner.

[@itiverma2583]

You are a life saver for a student like me...who is studying in a Russian University. Keep the good work going 👍

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I started to learn Russian language And I find your videos so useful for me thank you A looooooooooot

[@BRYANTERMULOOFFICAL]

but this lesson is very clear... big thanks to you teacher antonia

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[@Alfy47]

This is a perfectly clear explanation. I am following all your videos.

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[@ghirmaiyy]

At 11:34 the spelling "die" has to be "dye" to fit the meaning of coloring the hair as opposed to death.

[@AntoniaRomaker]

yup, sorry for the typing error

[@math-with-afshin]

Wow , thanks dear teacher Antonia, your an awesome teacher, I follow your nice jobs from kiev, thanks a lot and good luck , regards.

[@AntoniaRomaker]

Thank you! I am glad my videos help you! ;)

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[@maaan8494]

You speak english very well! Thanks for the video, it is very detailed and concise :)

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[@jonnyh4617]

Excellent job!

[@MrSreior]

Very clear, thx. Little correction: it's "to dye your hair" not die

[@abdujabborolimov3464]

Thanks a lot for very useful lesson

[@starfireshome8285]

спасибо за видеоролик! :)

[@bigrichtexas7090]

excellent

[@BRYANTERMULOOFFICAL]

Thisi s very clear lesson. Thanks tracher but i have a question. Are all russian verbs can be reflexive?

[@AntoniaRomaker]

No, for example, любить, понимать, расти etc

[@BRYANTERMULOOFFICAL]

Antonia Romaker - English and Russian online these verbs cannot be reflexive?

[@AntoniaRomaker]

no, they can't

[@BRYANTERMULOOFFICAL]

Antonia Romaker - English and Russian online thanks a lot teaher..

[@orac229]

Nice video. I am actually starting to understand :) It is important to know how to tell someone to shave "themselves"! When I talk with my russian friend we have trouble with the word "patient" and it's two meanings. Maybe you can use in a sentence. Also if you want to make a video on "How to make a kokoshnik. There are not many good sources in english for this. And I can not find a nice pattern to cut out the shape type, Elena, Anna, Tatyana styles.

[@AntoniaRomaker]

wow, making a kokoshnik, it is a little unexpected :) What do you need it for? Why is using 'patient' confusing..? :) It can be a noun and an adjective with two different meanings

[@orac229]

In New Zealand the Russian community puts on many events and they like to dress up, and they look sexy facebook.com/surprisechch/ facebook.com/groups/126257877563523/ I do not know the problem with the word patient, maybe skype translator uses the wrong meaning.

[@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434]

Nice smart shirt! Antonia!

[@anilchauhan5264]

Отлично😊😊😊

[@AntoniaRomaker]

anil chauhan спасибо! :)

[@anilchauhan5264]

Antonia Romaker - English and Russian online Как у вас дела?

[@AntoniaRomaker]

Все хорошо, спасибо! Сын растет, как только появляется свободная минутка, стараюсь работать ;)

[@anilchauhan5264]

Antonia Romaker - English and Russian online это мило. Как его зовут ?

[@AntoniaRomaker]

Его зовут Лев ;)

[@Manchainsaw]

Antonia please don't forget to include the imperative for reflexive verbs on part 2)) also i have a question.. was it me or "ся" actually sounded like "sya" instead of "sa" on одеваешься и одеваемся? thank u so much you are samaya luchshaya na svete)))

[@AntoniaRomaker]

Thank you for the advice, but the second part is shot already, and there's no imperative there. Such verbs form imperative in the same way as usual verbs, just add the suffix ;) The suffix -ся sounds as a soft 's' and 'a', a little bit like 'sya'.

[@Manchainsaw]

Ahh i see, thank you so much for your reply Antonia, actually i thought that maybe with reflexive verbs its common to use the past tense to give an order, but then i remembered it also happens with regular verbs like..пошёл вон (outta here), нашёл время (find some time), im not crazy right? past it is used as imperative sometimes da?

[@AntoniaRomaker]

past is used but not very often and it sounds rude

[@Manchainsaw]

gotcha!!! thanks for your reply))

[@kissueiadala6684]

Thank you, although I don't speak russian.

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[@petrashaden766]

Thank you. May I ask how do we say (both the man and the woman are reading), and (The two men are reading)

[@AntoniaRomaker]

Оба is used when both words are masculine or when one is feminine. When both are feminine we use обе.

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[@AntoniaRomaker]

что значит некогда? Добавляю редко, так как временно очень много дел, скоро опубликую новое английское видео

[@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434]

What is the meaning of 'Gavaril' and 'Gavarim'? Plz tell! Thanx!

[@ankitaupadhyay2219]

Gavaril говорил (spoke) is the past form of говорит (to speak) and говорим is conjugation of говорит. говорим is used with Мы (we) . Мы говорим (we speak)

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[@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434]

@@ankitaupadhyay2219 Thanx!

[@BRYANTERMULOOFFICAL]

does it mean all the verbs are reflexive?

[@AntoniaRomaker]

No, why do you think so?

[@BRYANTERMULOOFFICAL]

Antonia Romaker - English and Russian online just want to know when to use reflexive.. :) thanks teacher

[@BRYANTERMULOOFFICAL]

Antonia Romaker - English and Russian online just want to know when to use reflexive.. :) thanks teacher

[@russianwithrussian]

*If the verb ends with -ся or -сь, it must be conjugated as Antonia explained. But there are some situations, in which the verb can BECOME reflexive. For example, “to build” is “стро́ить” (He is building a house - Он стро́ит дом). This verb is not reflexive, because it doesn’t end with -ся/-сь. But if we want to say “The house is BEING BUILT”, we just create a reflexive verb “стро́итьСЯ” and conjugate it: Дом стро́ится - The house is being built (literally: The house builds itself). In my channel you can find some lessons for Russian language learners too. You are welcome!*

[@dustyfun5944]

Colouring your hair is better spelled "dye your hair", as"die your hair" may be confused with the hair made to pass away, losing it's life, what makes no sense anyway. .

[@Monoaux]

I still don't understand how you're supposed to pronounce C-plat'.

[@SalahNeuer]

с with a brief й

[@diegolucavei]

dye** the hair