1.04 ยท Practice ready Type II verbs with aspect 0 of 8 lessons complete
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Lesson 1 of 8

Keep conjugation and aspect separate

Apply the known aspect contrast without changing the Type II ending family.

Type II endings remain Type II regardless of aspect. An aspectual relation may preserve the class, change it, or use another root.

  • говорить is imperfective.
  • поговорить is a bounded 'talk for a while'.
  • сказать is a different-root perfective relation.
Type II aspect architecture
Imperfective Type IIPerfective Type II
Non-pastpresent meaningfuture meaning
Futureбуду + infinitivesimple Type II personal form
Command tendencyactivity, routine, continuationone concrete bounded action
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