Breakdown of Наука развивается очень быстро.
очень
very
быстро
fast, quickly
наука
science
развиваться
to develop
Questions & Answers about Наука развивается очень быстро.
Why does the verb развивается have the -ся ending here?
This is the passive or intransitive use of the reflexive -ся. The base verb развивать means "to develop (something else)", like developing a business or a skill. Because science isn't developing something else—it is developing itself—we add -ся.
Why is there no soft sign (ь) before the -ся in развивается?
The verb is in the third-person singular ("it develops"), not the infinitive ("to develop"). A helpful trick for reflexive verbs is to look at the question the verb answers. Here, it answers что делает? (what does it do?), which has no soft sign. The infinitive развиваться answers что делать? (what to do?), which does have a soft sign.
Why is the imperfective aspect used here instead of the perfective?
The development of science is an ongoing, continuous process without a specific end point. Because it is a continuous action, we must use the imperfective aspect (развиваться). The perfective form (развиться) would imply a completed, finished result.
How do I pronounce the -тся ending in развивается?
Even though it is spelled with a т and an с, the combination -тся in Russian verbs is pronounced together like a hard ц (ts) followed by a short а. So the ending sounds like "-ца".
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