As far as now, we've seen the Nominative case and the nominative plural.
Now lets talk about verbs..
What is a verb?
A verb is an action word.. Like "do! , come! , We are eating "
In Russian these so called verbs must agree to the person and the tense.
In English, there are tenses but there is no agreement with the person except the 3rd person singular.
Example :
I do We do
you do you do
he does they do
From the example , do you understand what happens to "do" when it is done by "he/she/it"?
In Russian the conjugations are much more common than in English.
The person are of three types
1st person - I , we
2nd person - you
3rd person - he, she, it , they
So before we go to the process of learning to conjugate verbs (make an agreement to the subject), let us learn the subject pronouns.
I Я We МЫ
you ТЫ you (formal & plural) ВЫ
he ОН they ОНИ
she ОНА
it ОНО
You must have noticed there are two "you"s.. Well "ТЫ" is used to address someone whom you know or someone who is friendly or familiar.
You use "ВЫ" ro refer to a group of people or a single person as a form of respect.
So when you address your boss or when you meetsomeone for the first time, including a shopkeeper ,always use "ВЫ".
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