Word
Попугай сидит на жердочке и повторяет наши слова смешным голосом.
Meaning
The parrot sits on a perch and repeats our words in a funny voice.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of Попугай сидит на жердочке и повторяет наши слова смешным голосом.
сидеть
to sit
и
and
на
on
слово
the word
Questions & Answers about Попугай сидит на жердочке и повторяет наши слова смешным голосом.
What is the tense and aspect of сидит and повторяет, and how does this relate to English is sitting / is repeating?
Both сидит and повторяет are:
- Present tense
- Imperfective aspect
- 3rd person singular
Russian does not have a special continuous form like English is sitting or is repeating. The single Present tense form usually covers:
- Right now actions:
- Попугай сидит на жердочке. – The parrot is sitting (right now).
- Habitual actions:
- Попугай повторяет наши слова. – The parrot repeats our words (does this regularly).
So сидит can mean both sits and is sitting, and повторяет can mean both repeats and is repeating, depending on context.
Why is there no separate word for is between попугай and сидит?