Russian lessons for beginners - Second lessons
Second lesson – Russian personal pronouns
In this lesson you will learn Russian personal pronouns and how to pronounce them. In addition, you will find out some information about Russian conjugation, conjugation of Russian verb знать in particular. Aslo you will be introduced to one way how to form future tense in Russian.
Second lesson – Vocabulary -Russian lessons
Russian personal pronouns
I -
Я
You – Ты
He – Он
She – Она
It – Он
We – Мы
You – Вы
They – Они
to know – знать
to be – быть
INFINITIVE FORM
VERB ‘TO KNOW’ IN RUSSIAN (TO KNOW – ЗНАТЬ )
З
Z
IP
Н
N
OSE
А
A
TMOSPHERE
Т COMPETI
T
IVE
Ь THE SOFT SIGN
Conjugation of verb ‘to know’ in Russian
I know – знаю
You know – ы знаешь
He knows – знает
We know – знаем
You know – знаете
They know – знают
IN ENGLISH, REGULAR VERBS NORMALLY CHANGE THEIR ENDING JUST WHEN WE USE THEM WITH SHE , IT, HE OR FOR PAST FORM. IN RUSSIAN YOU CHANGE THE END OF THE VERB ALL THE TIME AND THE ENDING DEPENDS ON A SUBJECT
INFINITIVE FORM
FOR VERB ‘TO BE’ IN RUSSIAN IS БЫТЬ
Б
B
RING
Ы CHARIT
A
BLE
Т COMPETI
T
IVE
Ь THE SOFT SIGN
БЫТЬ
works the same way as will in English, to form the future tense. WHEN
YOU USE VERB
БЫТЬ
, THE NEXT VERB IS GOING TO BE IN INFINITIVE FORM. THE ONLY
DIFFERENCE, BETWEEN WILL AND
БЫТЬ
(IN CASES WHEN WE USE IT FOR FUTURE TENSE)
THAT WE TREAT VERB
БЫТЬ
AS AN ORDINARY VERB,
IT MEANS THAT THE FORM YOU ARE GOING
TO CHOOSE DEPENDS ON A SUBJECT.
Conjugation of verb ‘to be’ in Russian
You will – Ты будешь
He will – Он будет
She will – Она будет
We will – Мы будем
You will- Вы будете
They will – Они будут
Pronoun ‘you’ in Russian
WE USE ‘
ТЫ
’ WHEN WE ARE ADDRESSING ONE PERSON WITH WHOM WE ARE
FAMILIAR, ‘
ВЫ
’ WE USE FOR FORMAL GREETING AND IN THE PLURAL.
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