Irregular conjugations

[ya-stranen.livejournal.com]

Until yesterday, I wasn't aware of the first person singular conjugations of дать and all the verbs that have that stem. I always thought it was «даю», but to my suprise, it was «дам». I was also suprised by the third person singular conjugation—«даст». Now, I know that Russian has many irregular verbs, but are there any others that are this different?

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[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

есть, "to eat", follows a similar pattern to дать: ем, ешь, ест, едим, едите, едят

Russian doesn't actually have that many irregular verbs, in my opinion - but the rules for conjugating them can be byzantine. Sometimes people find it more practical to memorize certain verbs as "irregular" rather than learn the pattern. It depends on your learning style, I guess.

If you consider a verb to be irregular if you can't predict the conjugation from the infinitive, then I suppose that the number of irregular verbs is a lot higher...

«даю»

That would be the first person singular of давать. =)

[superslayer18.livejournal.com]

Which also means "to give" right? It's just one of those silly -avat' verbs lol.

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

The definition of давать is by no means that narrow. It's a really common verb.

[oryx_and_crake]

What are the other verbs ending in -авать? I cannot think of any except преподавать which is actually the same verb only with a few prefixes in front.

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

вставать - встать
узнавать - узнать

I remember only because it deals with the grueling subject of knowing where the accent falls because it means the difference of doing it in the present or the future.

[oryx_and_crake]

Oh, right. Must be the heat - my poor brain is positively melting...

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

What's the temperature right now in Russia? I mean, really now, it can be no match for us South Floridians.

[oryx_and_crake]

No idea - I'm not in Russia, I'm in Canada :-)

[sverb.livejournal.com]

In Moscow - about 27C or something like that