{"id":2449,"date":"2011-11-22T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2014-07-17T17:32:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T17:32:03","slug":"lets-learn-the-learning-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/lets-learn-the-learning-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Learn the Learning Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I think it’s finally autumn. For a while, the weather was quite warm, but recently, whenever I walk outside, \u00ab\u043c\u043d\u0435 \u0445\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [I am cold]. This means I have to wear my \u00ab\u043f\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0442\u043e<\/span>, \u0441\u0430\u043f\u043e\u0433\u0438<\/span>, \u0438 \u0448\u0430<\/span>\u043f\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [coat, boots, and hat]. And I try not to forget \u00ab\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [gloves] either! In the photo: birches near Novosibirsk in autumn. Do you know how to say “birch” in Russian?<\/em><\/p>\n

The learning verbs in Russian are very, very complicated. I’m in an advanced Russian class and we just went over them, so I thought I would post a little bit about these verbs, including some example sentences, so you can see how they are used.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0423\u0447\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> means to learn and is usually used with general knowledge, such as \u00ab\u0443\u0447\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [to learn to write] or \u00ab\u0443\u0447\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043c\u0443<\/span>\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [to learn music]. If you learn from someone specific, use \u00ab\u0443 \u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong>, such as \u00ab\u042f \u0443\u0447\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0442\u0435\u0440\u043f\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044e \u0443 \u043e\u0442\u0446\u0430<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [I learned patience from my father]. This is the verb you usually use when saying that you study at school or university: \u00ab\u042f \u0443\u0447\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u044c \u0432 \u0443\u043d\u0438\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0438\u0442\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [I study at university]. You can also be more specific and say \u00ab\u042f \u0443\u0447\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u044c \u0432 \u041c\u0413\u0423\u00bb<\/strong> [I study at MGU (Moscow State University)<\/em>].<\/p>\n

By contrast, if you want to say that you study something specific, one of the verbs you can use is \u00ab\u0438\u0437\u0443\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong>. You usually use a specific field with \u00ab\u0438\u0437\u0443\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong>, such as: \u00ab\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u0438\u044e, \u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u044f\u0437\u044b<\/span>\u043a, \u0444\u0438<\/span>\u0437\u0438\u043a\u0443\u00bb<\/strong> [history, English language, physics]. The imperfective of this verb is \u00ab\u0438\u0437\u0443\u0447\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> and has a slightly different meaning: it means that you have mastered whatever it is that you are studying, whereas \u00ab\u0438\u0437\u0443\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> does not imply that.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0417\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> is sort of like \u00ab\u0438\u0437\u0443\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> in that you can use it to say that you study a certain field, but it is not always used in the same way. When people ask me what I study at university, they can say: \u00ab\u0427\u0435\u043c \u0442\u044b \u0437\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0435\u0448\u044c\u0441\u044f?\u00bb<\/strong> [What do you study?] and I answer: \u00ab\u042f \u0437\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430\u044e\u0441\u044c \u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0435\u0439 \u0438 \u0440\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u043c \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a\u043e\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [I study history and Russian language]. \u00ab\u0417\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> can also be used in more of a general study sense, such as: \u00ab\u042f \u0437\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430\u044e\u0441\u044c \u043e\u0431\u044b\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0434\u043e\u043c\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [I usually study at home].<\/p>\n

I hope this provides somewhat of an introduction to the learning verbs. I have not covered everything by far, but hopefully this is somewhere to get you started.<\/p>\n

Questions? Comments? Let me know below!<\/em><\/p>\n

By the way: birch in Russian is \u00ab\u0431\u0435\u0440\u0451\u0437\u0430\u00bb<\/strong>, in case you were wondering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Well, I think it’s finally autumn. For a while, the weather was quite warm, but recently, whenever I walk outside, \u00ab\u043c\u043d\u0435 \u0445\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u00bb [I am cold]. This means I have to wear my \u00ab\u043f\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0442\u043e, \u0441\u0430\u043f\u043e\u0433\u0438, \u0438 \u0448\u0430\u043f\u043a\u0430\u00bb [coat, boots, and hat]. And I try not to forget \u00ab\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0447\u0430\u0442\u043a\u0438\u00bb [gloves] either! In the photo: birches near Novosibirsk…<\/p>\n

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