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Russian Imperatives: Instructions and Warnings

Master aspectual choices in Russian imperatives, learning when to use imperfective and perfective forms for commands, hospitable invitations, prohibitions, and accidental warnings.

A person's foot in a winter boot is poised mid-air, about to step onto a treacherous patch of glistening ice on a cobblestone street in a historic Russian city. A second person's hand urgently reaches into the foreground, palm out, signaling a clear warning or instruction, under soft, cold winter light, composed for a 3:2 landscape frame.
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29 Cards
Lesson#1
In this deck, you will learn how to choose between imperfective and perfective verbs when giving instructions and warnings in Russian. You will discover when to use each aspect in affirmative requests, and how the rules completely flip when telling someone not to do something.
Lesson#2
When asking someone to carry out a single, specific task with a definite result, use the perfective imperative. For example, to ask a friend to open a window right now, you say: 'Открой окно, пожалуйста'.
Quiz#3
Speaking to a friend, translate into Russian: 'Open the window, please.'

Открой окно, пожалуйста

Quiz#4
Speaking to a friend, translate into Russian: 'Call me this evening.'

Позвони мне вечером

Quiz#5
Speaking formally, translate into Russian: 'Show your ticket, please.'

Покажите ваш билет, пожалуйста

Lesson#6
When an instruction refers to a repeated routine, a permanent rule, or an ongoing habit rather than a single completed result, use the imperfective imperative. For example, 'Делай зарядку каждое утро' means 'Do exercises every morning'.

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