In this video, I explain the perfective and imperfective aspects of verbs in Russian. Perfective and imperfective verb aspects indicate if an action was or will be completed successfully or is still ongoing. The perfective indicates that an action was or will be done successfully which uses slightly different variations of verb infinitives (ex. [по]работать); its closest connection to English is the past/future simple. The perfective can only work in the past and future because it’s not possible to express an action that was or will be completed in the present moment. The imperfective indicates an ongoing, continuous action whose outcomes do not matter; its closest connection to English are the multiple continuous tenses of the past and future tenses (ex. работать). The imperfective can work in the past, present, and future because every action is considered ongoing. In the video, I thoroughly explain the concept of each aspect in every tense, along with useful verbs to know. I do not cover the past and future grammar because that is for the next video, even though it’s useful to know it by now, especially for verb aspects.

(Realized I made a typo when explaining; at 8:26, it should say говорить — поговорить (to speak), NOT готовить — поготовить (this verb means to cook/make), my apologies)

For further explanation on the perfective and imperfective aspects of verbs:
https://www.russianlessons.net/gramma...

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