reflexive verbs: passive meanings

💡 Grammar Rule

The Passive Use of Reflexive Verbs in Russian In Russian, many imperfective verbs can take the reflexive suffix -ся (-sya) to express a passive m...

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How is your last name spelled?

Как пишется твоя фамилия?

Kak pishchetsya tvoya familiya?

It is spelled with two 's's at the end.

Она пишется с двумя 'с' на конце.

Ona pishchetsya s dvumya 's' na kontse.

This house has been under construction for five years.

Этот дом строится уже пять лет.

Etot dom stroitsya uzhe pyat let.

Yes, it is being built by a local company.

Да, он строится местной компанией.

Da, on stroitsya mestnoy kompaniyey.

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