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The Russian Infinitive Every changeable Russian word has the initial form. For example, the nominative singular form is initial for nouns (студент). The infinitive is the initial form of verbs. The infinitive is a specific verb form that answers such questions as "что делать?" (читать, писать) and "что сделать?" (прочитать, написать). The infinitive only designates an action or condition but does not show tense, person or number. Therefore all dictionaries give Russian verbs in the infinitive form.
The infinitive form of most of Russian verbs ends in -ть or -ти. These endings are called suffixes of the infinitive (строить, вести). Some infinitive forms end in -чь that is not a suffix but a part of the root (беречь, жечь). The part of a word without the suffix -ть or -ти comprises the stem (веселить, плести). The infinitive is used:
a. At what proverb the infinitive form of a verb is used? 1. Со счастьем
хорошо
и по грибы
ходить.
1. shows tense
1. Комар
летит трубить свою победу
по лесам.
a.1, b.3, c.1 ("дело", "жизнь", "поле" are nouns)
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