Those who learn Russian probably face difficulties while learning Russian grammar. Even Russian people find it hard!
Here are the top 5 of the hardest things in grammar which Russian people are checking on the Internet.
5. Conjugation of verbs
This topic includes requests for changing verbs by tenses, persons, numbers, and gender. The most frequent of them are about the endings of the second person plural verbs in the present tense and in the imperative mood, as well as the II conjugation verbs, especially the verb «видеть» (“to see”).
Example:
увидИте или увидЕте
едЕшь или едИшь
клеИть или клеЯть
4. Preposition
Sometimes it is difficult to determine whether a phrase is an adverb or a construction with a preposition, which is written separately. One of the most difficult combinations is «не за что» (“not at all.”). In addition, there are many questions about «до свидания» (“goodbye”) and «до сих пор» (“so far”)
Example:
заодно или за одно
сутра или с утра
всмысле или в смысле
3. Spelling prefixes
Many Russians don’t know how prefixes are spelled. The most difficult from the point of view of spelling is the prefix «по-».
Example:
побольше или по больше
поменьше или по меньше
получше или по лучше
2. Checked unstressed vowels at the root of a word
One more difficult topic is how to words with a vowel at the root of a word. You can check the correctness by changing the form of a word or by selecting words of the same root.
Example:
сОлонка или сАлонка (правильно сОлонка, проверочное слово – сОль)
дОлина или дАлина (правильно дОлина, проверочное слово – дОл)
1. Negation
The leader of the rating is the combined or separate spelling of the «не» particle with different parts of speech. Especially with adverbs.
Example:
недорого или не дорого
некрасивый или не красивый
невовремя или не вовремя
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