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ytrewq asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 1 decade ago

Does every Russian verb have a perfective and imperfective form?

Update:

what about the verb to live? zhit'? As in I lived in a city but now i dont. how is that used both ways in the past tense?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Not all the verbs in Russian have perfective and imperfective forms, but sometimes they change as for example the verb live: жить is imperfective, and it changes to проживать with the same meaning live in English but its perfective. you can say я проживала or жила. the first one is rarely used now, but means i have been living.

  • 1 decade ago

    Конечно там есть глаголы совершенного и несовершенного вида!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I don't know any russian, but I couldn't help noticing that our avatars are almost identical LOL sorry, being silly here.

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  • 1 decade ago

    yes they do

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, they do. :)

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