Comments on: How many tenses are there in the Russian language? http://talkrussian.info/how-many-tenses-are-there-in-the-russian-language.htm Find out about the Russian language online. Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:00:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: russkimuzhik http://talkrussian.info/how-many-tenses-are-there-in-the-russian-language.htm/comment-page-1#comment-376 russkimuzhik Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:04:50 +0000 http://talkrussian.info/how-many-tenses-are-there-in-the-russian-language.htm#comment-376 3 tenses (simple past, present, future) + infinitive + imperative. I would be ashamed forgetting the language of my Fatherland. 3 tenses (simple past, present, future) + infinitive + imperative.

I would be ashamed forgetting the language of my Fatherland.

]]> By: RussianCatSima http://talkrussian.info/how-many-tenses-are-there-in-the-russian-language.htm/comment-page-1#comment-377 RussianCatSima Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:04:50 +0000 http://talkrussian.info/how-many-tenses-are-there-in-the-russian-language.htm#comment-377 Just 3: "present, past future", but different ways to use them.. .Ya podmetu pol= I will sweep the floor. Ya budu podmetat=I intent to sweep the floor for some time Formally, they both are "future" but one is perfect, and another continuous. The same with the past. Ya vyshla pogyliat=I went out for a walk. Ona vyhodila na stsenu kaajdyi vecher= She spepped on the stage every evening. It is called "sovershennaya or nesovershannaya" form of the verb. Just 3:
"present, past future", but different ways to use them..
.Ya podmetu pol= I will sweep the floor.
Ya budu podmetat=I intent to sweep the floor for some time
Formally, they both are "future" but one is perfect, and another continuous.
The same with the past.
Ya vyshla pogyliat=I went out for a walk.
Ona vyhodila na stsenu kaajdyi vecher=
She spepped on the stage every evening.
It is called "sovershennaya or nesovershannaya"
form of the verb.

]]> By: sofie http://talkrussian.info/how-many-tenses-are-there-in-the-russian-language.htm/comment-page-1#comment-378 sofie Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:04:50 +0000 http://talkrussian.info/how-many-tenses-are-there-in-the-russian-language.htm#comment-378 3 tenses: simple past, present, future + infinitive + imperative. 3 tenses: simple past, present, future + infinitive + imperative.

]]> By: Rедиска http://talkrussian.info/how-many-tenses-are-there-in-the-russian-language.htm/comment-page-1#comment-379 Rедиска Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:04:50 +0000 http://talkrussian.info/how-many-tenses-are-there-in-the-russian-language.htm#comment-379 4 tenses: present, past, future, and conditional. (Plus, as others have said, the infinitive and the imperative.) HOWEVER, most Russian verb roots have two forms -- perfect and imperfect, the perfect form being constructed using a prefix. (E.g., chitat' -- to read, imperfect; prochitat' -- to have read, perfect.) The use of perfect and imperfect verb forms is the Russian equivalent of indicative, continuous and perfect tenses. I am not sure the Russian system in that regard can be characterized as "tenses" per se, but it certainly adds an important nuance. 4 tenses: present, past, future, and conditional. (Plus, as others have said, the infinitive and the imperative.)

HOWEVER, most Russian verb roots have two forms — perfect and imperfect, the perfect form being constructed using a prefix. (E.g., chitat’ — to read, imperfect; prochitat’ — to have read, perfect.) The use of perfect and imperfect verb forms is the Russian equivalent of indicative, continuous and perfect tenses. I am not sure the Russian system in that regard can be characterized as "tenses" per se, but it certainly adds an important nuance.

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