Questions tagged [спряжение]

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Why do some verbs lack certain forms in Russian?

One peculiar aspect of Russian is the fact that some verbs simply don't have certain forms. For example, the verb "победить" doesn't have a first person singular future form. Even though, may I point out, the verb "угодить", for example, which has…
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Why is the verb сниться governed by the object?

Ты мне снишься каждую ночь. I get that ты is the subject, but to my English-speaking mind, the person dreaming is the one performing the action, and so the person dreamt about should be the object. What is a good way to explain this usage to an…
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Спряжения - обижать/обидеть

While studying the 1st and 2nd conjugations of the verbs in the present tense I noticed something. Generally speaking, verbs ending in -ить belong to the 2nd conjugation while the rest of them belong to the 1st. Of course there are exceptions such…
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