Archives for: "June 2009"
Умирать/умереть
The verb “to die” is умирать/умереть, and it is conjugated like this: to die Imperfective Perfective Infinitive умирать умереть Past умирал умирала умирало умирал умер умерла умерло умерли Present умираю умираешь умирает умираем умираете умираут No such… more »
Перекати-поле
Growing up in Arizona, every time the wind blew I would see tumbleweeds. In American movies they are a symbol of the vast and empty West, or sometimes of economic desolation in the country. Despite their association with the American… more »
Обуваться/обуться
When you want to express the idea of putting shoes on yourself, one of the options is to use the reflexive verb обуваться/обуться: to put shoes on (oneself) Imperfective Perfective Infinitive обуваться обуться Past обувался обувалась обувалось обувались… more »
Обувать/обуть
One of the consistent contrasts between Russian and English is that Russian uses simple verbs where English uses phrasal constructions involving verbs and nouns. One example is the verb обувать/обуть “to put footware (on someone),” which is conjugated… more »