Verbs in -чь
Goals In this lesson we’ll look at a conjugation pattern found in мочь (“to be able to”), печь (“to bake”), and a number of other useful verbs. 1 Introduction 2 Practice
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Perfective Verbs in the Future
Goals In this lesson we’ll cover how to express an action that will happen (and be completed) in the future: expressing future time with perfective verbs. Once you’re used to one surprise, it’s very easy! 1 Introduction 2 Practice This exercise includes the imperfective/perfective pairs писать/написать, читать/прочитать, готовить/приготовить, делать/сделать, покупать/купить. 3 Examples These examples were …
Imperfective Verbs in the Future
Goals In this lesson we’ll cover how to express things like “I will work/be working,” “you’ll speak,” and “they will live…” – expressing the future with imperfective verbs, with a few examples from perhaps Russia’s best loved animated character: Чебурашка. 1 Introduction 2 Practice These examples were taken from a variety of authentic sources. Read …
Future forms of быть
Goals Expressing the future in Russian isn’t hard, but быть (to be) does it a little differently from other verbs… find out how in this video. 1 Introduction 2 Examples These examples were taken from a variety of authentic sources. Read them carefully and think how you might translate them into your language, keeping in …