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[gjertsen.livejournal.com]

I just can't seem to understand this. Is there a reason some verbs end in "ся"? does it indicate something about the verb? I'm just not seeing a major difference between (for instance):
узнать (to learn)
and
учиться (to study)
thanks...

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[tikvi.livejournal.com]

Just wondering if you have any opinions on "Making Progress in Russian"? Frankly, I'd never heard of this textbook before, but it's used for second year Russian classes at my new school. What are its strong points and short-comings? Will I find myself needing a lot of extra help from dictionaries and grammar books?

Thanks!

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[redneonred.livejournal.com]

where does the word курьих come from? and what does it mean?

thank you