Reflexive verbs
- We use reflexive verbs in Russian when we want to show that the subject and object in a sentence are the same person, performer, or thing.
- In English we show that a verb is reflexive by using it with a reflexive pronoun:
Example: I wash myself.
- Notice that I (the subject) and myself (the object) are the same person.
- Compare the above example to the one below:
I wash the car.
- The subject here (I) is not the same person or thing as the object (car).
- Russian shows that a verb is used in the reflexive form by adding the reflexive particle -ся after consonants and -сь after vowels to the verb, after all other necessary endings have been added.
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заниматься |
учиться |
я |
занимаюсь |
учусь |
ты |
занимаешься |
учишься |
он, она |
занимается |
учится |
мы |
занимаемся |
учимся |
вы |
занимаетесь |
учитесь |
они |
занимаются |
учатся |