ABSTRACT
Russian verbs are provided with several grammatical categories. Russian verbs have three tenses that give us the time during which the action takes place, in the present, past or future. Most Russian verbs have two verbal aspects called imperfective and perfective. An aspect does not change the verb meaning, but defines the nature of an action. It determines whether the action is complete or incomplete, single or multiple, defined or undefined. Transitivity helps us to establish whether the verb must take a direct object to convey the message correctly (transitive verbs) or whether it cannot have an object (intransitive verbs). Voice clarifies the relationship between a verb and subject in a sentence. A verb can be in one of four moods: indicative, imperative, conditional or subjunctive. Two verbal forms derive from the verb: the participle (verbal adjective) and the gerund (verbal adverb). Both participles and gerunds are common in writing.
