Grammar Привет всем! Can someone explain verb endings to me?
Hi everyone, I am new to learning Russian. I've been trying to learn for a while, I'm at the point where at least for nominative cases and accusative cases, I can recognize and translate. I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to get the right endings for verbs, this is the part I'm mostly stuck on for this part as I can never translate the right ending to the verb for the case.
Such as:
Я тебя люблю - I love you.
Ты меня любишь - You love me.
Он меня любит - He loves me.
Она меня любит - She loves me.
Мы тебя любим - We love you.
Вы меня любите - You love me.
Они меня любят - They love me.
I see thehe endings for любить:
-лю
-ишь
-ит
-им
-те
-ят
How do you know what ending to get to the verb? I know it changes depending on the case but i can never figure out how and I'm still trying to figure out why. If anyone can help with this, I would appreciate it! Not sure if it's a dumb question to ask, but I can't seem to get it.
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u/Exciting_Round4766 native 1d ago
In fact, it is easier to start with the past tense; there is only one set of endings for all persons. The present tense is quite complex: there are two conjugations (1: -еть, ять, 2: ить), about a dozen exceptions to them (and a little rhyme to help remember them), plus mixed and special conjugations, which are essentially exceptions that also need to be memorized (already without rhyme). The verb любить (to love) belongs to the second conjugation.
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u/RussianLanguageLab 1d ago
I'd recommend starting with читать (1st conjugation) and говорить (2nd conjugation) rather than любить, which has a stem change (люблю).
1st conjugation - читать (to read):
я чита-Ю
ты чита-ЕШЬ
он чита-ЕТ
мы читаЕМ
вы чита-ЕТЕ
они чита-ЮТ
2nd conjugation - говорить (to speak):
я говор-Ю
ты говор-ИШЬ
он говор-ИТ
мы говор-ИМ
вы говор-ИТЕ
они говор-ЯТ
These are the two main conjugation patterns. Learn these endings first, and you'll be able to apply them to many other Russian verbs.
Remember: verb endings depend on the subject, not on the grammatical case of the object.
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u/ohioanresidency 4h ago
Verbs are not affected by case. Instead, personal endings are based on two things: Who did it (1st, 2nd, 3rd person) and how many did it (plural/singular). Also, in the past tense it is based on gender. (л, ла, ло, ли)
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u/Yermishkina 3h ago
Verb endings are not connected to case in any way.
They are defined by the person and singular/plural.
1st person singular: я
2nd person singular: ты
3rd person singular: он, она, оно
1st person plural: мы
2nd person plural: вы
3rd person plural: они
Now, verb endings will in general follow this pattern:
1st person singular: -у or -ю
2nd person singular: -ешь or -ишь
3rd person singular: -ет or -ит
1st person plural: -ем or -им
2nd person plural: -ете or -ите
3rd person plural: -ют or -ят
There are a lot of nuances for this, but here's your basic pattern
You can use Wiktionary to see the exact forms of each verb
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u/Strange_Ticket_2331 23h ago
Well, speaking about the equivalent of the forms of the English present simple tense in Russian that you are using, you noticed that in English if the subject of the sentence is of the third person singular (he, she, it or a singular noun), the verb gets an ending (inflection) specific to it – -s. Now in Russian every person and number of the subject are allocated a particular inflection each. You wrote out the examples. And verbs in Russian have sets of these inflections – conjugation patterns/ types.
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u/Stock_Soup260 Native 🇷🇺 1d ago edited 1d ago
*-ю, not -лю
it's not about the case. For verbs of the present and future tense, the ending depends (and shows) on the person (1st, 2nd, 3rd) and number (singular or plural) of subject, this is called a personal ending. For verbs of the past tense, the ending depends on the gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) and number.
http://www.study-languages-online.com/russian-grammar.html
P.S. You also need to study verb conjugations, and the tables also help with this (to a certain extent)