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Я учу лексику и грамматику, но у меня плохое произношение.
Meaning
I memorize vocabulary and grammar, but I have bad pronunciation.
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Questions & Answers about Я учу лексику и грамматику, но у меня плохое произношение.
Why does this sentence use учу instead of изучаю?
The verb учить (here, учу) means to memorize or to learn by heart. You use it for specific pieces of information, like vocabulary words, grammar rules, or a poem. If you were talking about studying a broad academic subject in depth, like Biology or the Russian language as a whole, you would use изучать.
Why do лексика and грамматика change to лексику and грамматику?
The verb учить takes a direct object, which means the things you are memorizing must be in the Accusative case. Since лексика and грамматика are feminine nouns ending in -а, their endings change to -у.
Why is it у меня instead of a verb for 'to have'?
In Russian, the standard way to say 'I have' is literally 'by me is' using the construction у + Genitive case (меня) + Nominative case for the thing you have. Here, the thing you have is плохое произношение (bad pronunciation), which stays in the Nominative case because it is actually the grammatical subject of the sentence.
Why is the adjective плохое instead of плохой?
Плохое has a neuter ending (-ое) because it must match the gender of the noun it describes. The noun произношение (pronunciation) ends in -е, which makes it a neuter noun.