_________________________________

VOCABULARY USED IN THIS LESSON

Russian	Pronunciation	English
песни	pYEs-ni	songs
о	o (usually pronounced as an 'a' when said quickly with another word)	about
о любви	a loob-vI	about love
в театре	v te-At-re	at the theatre
вместе	v-mEs-tye	together
в Москве	v mask-vYE	in Moscow
Государственный гимн Российской Федерации	ga-soo-dArst-vin-nei gimn ras-see-ska fed-er-Ats-i-eh	Hymn of the Russian Federation (national anthem)

_________________________________

Type 5 verbs are very similar to Type 4 verbs in that the suffix is stressed and changes the "е" to a "ё".

However, the conjugations for (I) and (They) follow the Type 1 pattern with -ю and -ют, respectively.

Type 5 verbs are quite rare, but it's handy to know that they exist in case you come across one of them in your travels.

For example, the verb петь means "to sing".

The unguessable stem of петь is по-

Here is a summary of Type 5 verb suffixes organised by pronoun:

Pronoun	Type 5 Verb Suffix
I	-ю
You (informal)	-ёшь
He / she / it	-ёт
We	-ём
You (formal or plural)	-ёте
They	-ют

_________________________________

Therefore we can conjugate петь in the follow manner:

Verb: To sing

Infinitive: петь

Stem: по-

Conjugation Type: 5

Russian	English
Я пою	I sing
Ты поёшь	You sing
Он/ Она/ Оно поёт	He/ She/ It sings
Мы поём	We sing
Вы поёте	You sing
Они поют	They sing

_________________________________

I sing songs about love

Я пою песни о любви

Pronounced:

ya pa-yU pYEs-ni a loob-vI

Listen:

(Irina)

You sing beautifully

Ты поёшь красиво

Pronounced:

tih pa-yOsh kra-sI-va

Listen:

(Irina)

She sings at the theatre

Она поёт в театре

Pronounced:

a-nA pa-yOt f-te-At-re

Listen:

(Irina)

We sing together

Мы поём вместе

Pronounced:

mwi pa-yOm v-mEs-tye

Listen:

(Irina)

Do you sing in Moscow?

Вы поёте в Москве?

Pronounced:

vwe pa-yO-tye-v mask-vYE

Listen:

(Irina)

They are singing the Russian National Anthem (literally: They are singing the Hymn of the Russian Federation)

Они поют Государственный гимн Российской Федерации

Pronounced:

a-nI pa-yOOt ga-soo-dArst-vin-nei gimn ras-see-ska fed-er-Ats-i-eh

Listen:

(Lena)

Other common Type 5 verbs are:

пить (to drink; stem пь-)

давать (to give; stem да-)