Russian Verbs: Second (-и-) Conjugation

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A clear, detailed introduction to conjugating Russian verbs of the second (-и-) conjugation, with tips on best practices for study. We'll cover the basic verb endings, a few forms where you'll want to keep a spelling rule in mind, and a tip for learning Russian verbs as efficiently as possible!
These endings will be essential for expressing that you speak a language, that you go to school or study somewhere, and many other useful Russian verbs.
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[@i-see-sharp]

Your voice is so relaxing. Thank you, this really helps!

[@russiangrammar]

You’re welcome 😊

[@texlahomagirl9809]

Моя учительница сказал посмотреть это видео. Спасибо большое! Очень хорошо. 😊

[@russiangrammar]

(учительница сказала, чтобы я посмотрела...) - you'll probably cover that kind of construction in a while. :)

[@texlahomagirl9809]

Russian grammar, thank you! 👍

[@egorbasist9532]

@@russiangrammar сказала посмотреть would also be correct

[@neues3691]

Great lessons!

[@dmp7252]

Hi, not sure if I should ask this question here, but for those of us who are really swimming in the "deep end" of Russian, we know there are roughly 16 verb types, according to the great Russian grammar expert Andrey Zaliznyak. As you know, we're talking about -нуть endings, -чь endings, etc. How would you recommend us going about tackling those. Christina from Boost Your Russian has a program, but it's $97, and I'm not sure if that's the best investment for my money at the moment. What's your take?

[@russiangrammar]

I haven't seen details of Christina's course; it looks quite thorough, and it's great that she's not in the 'learn Russian with no grammar' camp. I'm not great at marketing but you're also welcome to consider my Russian Grammar Library at tips4russian.com, which has over 150 videos (including 34 videos on verbs of motion with audio drills, 11 videos on participles, 18 on verbs) and many exercises; the price is currently $50, since it's not complete - more videos on verbs & other topics are added every week. Feel free to be in touch with any questions at tips4russian.com/contact too! :)

[@russiangrammar]

In general, the standard advice of learning the я, ты, они forms for each new verb makes sense at any level; at some point you'll begin to recognize the most common patterns. If you're up for the single-stem system, James Levine's 'Russian Grammar' in the Schaum's outline series has a good survey of the major types with some exercises - it's not expensive (around $23?) and worth considering. :)

[@dmp7252]

@@russiangrammar Get out! James Levine? I purchased ALL of his graded readers. They are still too advanced for me, but they are on my bookcase and I scan the pages every few days, anxious for the day I will finally be able to tackle them. Thanks for the info. I'll definitely think it over and give it some thought. I really like your insight. Currently, my teacher has only started me on the "beginner level" verbs of motion идти, ходить, ехать, ездить - and then прийти, приходт, приезжать, уезжать, etc. We have not started with the infamous 14, as I like to call them. When that happens, I will most likely be calling on you! I will need all the help I can get. Thanks again! We'll be talking soon.

[@mjackstewart]

I wonder if you’ll see this, but I learned that dentals д and т change я and ю to а and у. Is this a generally applicable spelling rule, as well as the 5, 7, and 8 rules? And I wonder why ц is excluded in certain circumstances from the 8 letter rule, which appears to consist of the glottal sand sibilants? Is it because it combines a dental and sibilant?

[@russiangrammar]

Could you give an example of what you're referring to (about dentals changing vowel letters)? Д and т can both be found before a, я, у, and ю in words like дал, там, тяга, дуть, дядю, тюлень, тут, etc. I'm not aware of a spelling rule involving д & т. I can't think offhand of exceptions to the 8-letter rule for ц, except Цюрих (Zürich) - sometimes names from other languages will violate normal Russian spellings (another example is Кыргызстан).

[@mjackstewart]

Russian grammar I can’t think of anything offhand as I am relearning what I learned in Russian I-II 25 years ago. But this seemed to occur in verb conjugations, maybe not general spelling, where a verb stem ending in д or т would change я and ю to а and у, since the “y” sound seemed to be implied? Or am I misremembering this?

[@mjackstewart]

And I think your videos are wonderful. I looked at Fodor’s for a while, and he’s a great guy, but I need more grammar. And you have the loveliest accent I’ve ever heard. I had never heard the difference between с and сь until I listened to your videos! And I studied with a Muscovite in college. Of course, she had just gotten off the plane and was learning English as she was teaching us Russian.

[@russiangrammar]

Ah, you may be thinking of how the 8-letter rule (у instead of ю, а instead of я after those letters) applies to the я and они forms of и-conjugation verbs: я говорю, but я держу, я молчу; они говорят, but они держат, они молчат). Д and т aren’t involved here, as we do have forms like ходят, хотят. ))

[@russiangrammar]

Спасибо, Jack! One of the nice things about KZbin is that people can see different teachers with different styles and different strengths, so you can learn from everyone. If you haven't yet seen it, Olga Jarrell's Amazing Russian channel is also great.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

📈📉?

[@russiangrammar]

? Не понял - I'm not sure what you're asking. :)

[@samirelhami2187]

Я лобюло четате русский языке

[@russiangrammar]

Я люблю читать по-русски. 🙂 With 'skill' words like читать, понимать, писать, it's more common to use the adverbs with по- (по-английски, по-украински, etc.).