In this video, I explain reflexive verbs in Russian. Reflexive verbs in Russian are verbs that apply to oneself, having more than one meaning. When compared to English, it’s possible to make reflexive verbs by adding a word/preposition to a verb, thus making it reflexive. In the video, I explain simple, reciprocal, intransitive, “to be”-based, and impersonal speech-based reflexive verbs which all consist of regular infinitives ending in ся (ex. купать - to wash / купаться - to wash up / wash oneself). To conjugate simple reflexive verbs in any tense, add сь if the conjugation ends in a vowel and ся if the conjugation ends in a consonant; the same applies to any type of reflexive verb. Later, I explain reciprocal verbs which require 2 or more subjects (like each other), intransitive reflexives which cannot be separated into 2 verbs and only have one meaning with no object (like надеяться - to hope, смеяться - to laugh, and улыбаться - to smile), “to be”-based reflexives which correlate to English (like интересоваться - to be interested in), and reflexive verbs within impersonal speech (like нравиться - to like). I end the video by providing the topics for the next video that directly connect to reflexive verbs, that is reflexive pronouns like себя and свой.

(Realized I made a mistake when explaining; at 7:25, I meant to say “reflexive,” NOT “reflective")

For further explanation on reflexive verbs in Russian:
https://www.russianlessons.net/gramma...

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