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$o6 that you have learnt some basic Russian phrases it is time to start +orming your o6nRussian sentences0 To do this you need to learn about Russian verbs and pronouns0 This lesson6ill enable you to start +orming short Russian sentences0 9hen you are learning to speakRussian it is easiest to start by +ten you can break a long sentenceinto several short ones0 This is a long lesson and introduces some o+ the most di++icult conceptsin Russian0 So donCt 6orry i+ you need to go slo6ly or it takes some time to understand at +irst0ou can al6ays come back and revie6 this lesson0 9hen you have completed this lesson you 6illhave taken a ma

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IJO ! They

N is used as the +ormal singular EyouE and the plural EyouE 2slang: EyousE or Eyou allE3 6hentalking to more than one person0

Here are the Russian pronouns that can be used as the ob

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&layN \P\P ! ou 6ork0

&layIJO \^\ ! They 6ork0

LetCs try some other Russian 6ords +rom the +irst con

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-erbs 6here the in+initive ends in EO\]E use the second con

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&lay JP O\ !JOjWO ! The dog doesnCt speak ?nglish0

(rregular -erbs

There are a number o+ irregular verbs in Russian0 2-erbs that donCt e;actly +ollo6 the above

rules30 Ho6ever o+ten once you kno6 the stem o+ the verb you can o+ten predict the endings0?ven irregular verbs normally +ollo6 a similar pattern to those above0

Some e;amples:

&layY\] ! To go 2by transport30

&lay P ! ( go 2by transport30

&lay PP_] ! ou go 2by transport30

&layIJ IJ IJ PP\ ! He She (t goes 2by transport30

&layM PP` ! 9e go 2by transport30

&layN PP\P ! ou go 2by transport30

&layIJO P\ ! They go 2by transport30

$otice that once you kno6 the stem EE it almost +ollo6s the +irst con

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ou no6 kno6 the main concepts involved in +orming Russian verbs0 This lesson contained a loto+ grammar 6hich is some o+ the hardest in the Russian language so donCt 6orry i+ you +oundthis lesson a little di++icult at +irst0 (n lesson / you 6ill get some more practice0 (n the ne;t lesson6e 6ill introduce some grammar associated 6ith nouns 2things3 so by lesson / 6e 6ill havecovered enough grammar to have some practice +orming sentences0

To help you remember some o+ the concepts learnt in this lesson you may 6ish to 6ork throughthe e;ercises0

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