Jack Franke - The Big Silver Book of Russian Verbs

Second Edition555 Fully Conjugated Verbs in All TensesJack Franke, Ph.D. Copyright 2012 by Jack Franke. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-0-07-176895-5
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Easy-to-view summaries of formation and uses of each tenseAlphabetically ordered with examples of common useDrills to test and improve your grasp of correct verb forms555 verb models cross-referenced by their English meaningIndex showing the infinitive of irregular Russian verb formsMore than 2,000 verbs cross-referenced to the full verb models The second edition of The Big Silver Book of Russian Verbs is intended for use with all major Russian language textbooks in any course from the first through the fourth years, or separately as a reference for independent study.

This book is comprised of verbs from the most popular textbooks in use today, as well as reflecting frequency usage in contemporary Russian. The aim of this book is to provide students with a single reference that they can turn to for questions on conjugation, stems, collocations, and usage. I am grateful to the following professors for their efforts in promoting Russian, and those who provided me the foundation and inspiration to write this book: Ronni Gordon, David Stillman, Jean Rose, Norma Barr, William Lewis, Mara Sukholutskaya, Sophia Lubensky, Benjamin Rifkin, Thomas Garza, Charles McDowell, and Nina Aleksandrovna Lubimova. I would like to express my appreciation to Professor Steven Hassman and the late Professor Terrence Wade, who provided invaluable feedback and suggestions. Additionally, I am very grateful to all those who provided comments on the first edition. Numerous references were consulted in the preparation of this book.

These include: The Russian Verb: Prepositional and Non-Prepositional Government (Andreyeva Georg and Tolmachova, Moscow: Russky yazyk Publishers, 1983) was used for verbal government. Fundamentals of Russian Verbal Government for Students and Teachers (Thomas J. Garza, Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 1994) was incorporated for the Jackobsonian one-stem verbal stem system. Complete Handbook of Russian Verbs (L.I. Pirogova, Lincolnwood, Illinois: Passport Books, 1995) served as a basis to simplify Russian verbal conjugations into six classes and irregular verbs. Bolshoi Tolkovyj Slovar Russkogo Yazyka (S.A.

Kuznetsov, St. Petersburg: Norint, 1998) provided numerous contemporary examples and usage in the modern, post-soviet Russian language. Russian-English Dictionary of Idioms (Sophia Lubensky, New York: Random House, 1995) was used to verify the collocations and phraseology of many of the idioms. I would also like to thank my agent, Maureen Maloney, at Waterside Productions. I am deeply indebted to Chris for all the support and encouragement over the years.

The verb is the most important part of speech in the Russian language.

Quite frankly, to be or not to be is out of the question without a verb. The number of verbs in the Russian language is vast and amorphous, and it is important that English-speaking students learn the nuances and idiosyncrasies of the Russian verbal system. This system is predicated on the existence of the following: 1) The Persons of the Verb 2) The infinitive 3) The stem 4) Verbal Aspect 5) Tense 6) Conjugation 7) Mood These concepts are summarized below. Acquaint yourself with them before proceeding to the profiles of each tense.

The subject pronouns in Russian correspond similarly to the English system.