Russian - Ты & Вы (You) Commands Explained

In this video, I explain ты and вы commands in Russian, also known as the imperative mood. Ты commands have 2 verb ending forms that verbs follow: With verbs ending in ать and ять, take any infinitive, drop the ending, and add the letter й. With any other verb ending, add the letter и (ex. Работать - Работай! [Work!] / Говорить - Говори! [Speak!]). Вы commands, on the other hand, have an easier form: Apply the letters те at the end of any ты command (ex. Работать - Работайте! (y’all) [Work!] / Говорить - Говорите! (y’all) [Speak!]). When commands are put in the negative and reflexive forms, they do not change whatsoever, but the reflexives do get the endings ся and сь when the conjugations end in a consonant or a vowel. At the end of the video, I touch upon “we” commands, but I do not cover them because they’re simple enough not to require a separate video. To form “we” commands in Russian, we use the word давaйте + a conjugated verb from the мы pronoun from the perfective future (ex. Давайте поработаем! - Let’s work!).

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