Russian Verbs: An Introduction to the 1st (е/ё) Conjugation

[@Born2Prank1]

Thanks a lot!!! I study Russian at university, but this has been a great help! Please continue to make videos when you have time. It is much appreciated!

[@HT1212-j6s]

Спасибо

[@JoeYabukiW]

Thank you for all the content, it is highly appreciated

[@victorziegler6001]

Hey, just wondering about your advice to learn the infinitive + the я ты они forms: Wouldn't it be sufficient to learn the infinitive + я + Ты, since the я and the они follow the same vowel/consonant pattern? Thanks for the great content!!

[@russiangrammar]

That would work for some verbs (я пеку, ты печёшь, and они пекут), but some verbs have a change in the я form that's not in the они form (я люблю, они любят; я куплю, они купят). My feeling is that it's easier to just make a habit of learning all 3 forms than to keep track of which verbs might let you get away with just the я & ты forms. Спасибо за вопрос!

[@HSO-ro3bd]

I need to join your Russian library project, I'm about a year in a half in and I can't even make (speak) a simple sentence. Although I do understand more 😕

[@russiangrammar]

Have a look around the sample lessons & see if it's right for you! :) Don't be too hard on yourself, many of the bigger challenges of Russian come right in the first year - there's no 'simplified' version of the language for basic conversation... but keep at it, one step at a time, and you'll get there. 🙂

[@HSO-ro3bd]

@@russiangrammar Thanks! Btw do you accept American Express as payment to join the project?

[@russiangrammar]

@@HSO-ro3bd Yes, American Express should work fine. Спасибо!

[@VerticalBlank]

This brings back memories of the four principal parts of verbs in Latin. "fero, ferre, tuli, latum" anyone? After Latin, Russian holds few terrors. I think that one only needs to learn infinitive, я and он forms, and the rest can be built from them (excepting the very few truly irregular verbs), right? Even for verbs with -овать or -евать, just learning how the stem collapses in the я and он forms to -у|ю, -у|ет can help you build the other forms in live speech.

[@russiangrammar]

An advantage of the они form is that you can use its stem for participles and commands (again, except for a handful of exceptions): любить > люби! любящий, печь > пеки! пекущий. I like being able to say 'just drop the -т from the они form and add -щий to make the pres. active participle,' which works for just about any verb. :)

[@VerticalBlank]

Very useful, thank you! I would add that in 1st conjugation, any mutation to the stem applies across all six forms of the present tense, and the они form is always the я form +т. (please correct me if I'm wrong)

[@russiangrammar]

Yes, good point about mutations - I mention it briefly in the video about и-conjugation, where it typically occurs only in the я form, but it's worth mentioning here too, thanks. I'll do a better job of highlighting that contrast in an update to и-conjugation video. I've never thought of the они form being the я form + т, but I can't offhand think of any verb where that doesn't hold! So that's a good memory trick.

[@VerticalBlank]

@@russiangrammar You're welcome! I was also taught that in 2nd (и-) conjugation, any mutation applies *only* to the я form (whereas you say "typically" so I am interested to watch your video), and the они form is always -ят (except when spelling rules require -ат). Again, please correct me if I'm wrong. Your videos are so useful! I find it very helpful to combine input from both native Russian speakers and native English speakers who are experts in Russian, such as yourself. Many thanks once again.

[@russiangrammar]

Good catch - I wrote 'typically' because I hesitate to make generalizations unless I've had time to think and/or check. Мало ли что! But I do think you're right about mutations and the я form, and the они ending being -ят for 2nd conjugation verbs (unless the 8-letter spelling rule comes in, as in учатся, держат, etc.).

[@mariorossi-kh9yy]

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[@ziloj-perezivat]

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[@russiangrammar]

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[@ziloj-perezivat]

i was confused but im not anymore@@russiangrammar

[@russiangrammar]

Ah OK. Anyway, questions are always welcome!

[@fairleighlansing2121]

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