Is there any difference between the verbs Учить / Учиться / Изучать / Заниматься? And if so, then what is it? Here, you'll Learn Russian with ease and no time wasted 👍 👉 Speed Up the video or Slow it Down under the ⚙️ Video Settings icon (Playback speed) ___ 👉 NEXT (Russian Numbers: Learn How to Count From 0 to 1 000 000 000 in Russian): 👉 PREVIOUS (Do You Use the Verb 'to BE' in the Present Tense in Russian? (Grammar Tips): ___ Earn $10 free ITALKI credit: ✅ You can contact me and SCHEDULE a LESSON via email: RussianComprehensive (at) or here: Find RUSSIAN COMPREHENSIVE here: ✅ Subscribe on YouTube: Facebook: Instagram: VK: ___ Let’s start with the verb ’Учить’. And here’s the catch: it means both ‘to Learn’ AND ‘to Teach’! 🤯 So, how do you know its meaning in a particular phrase? You'll know it from the context! Учить + someTHING (like a school or college subject) = to learn (Я учУ рУсский язЫк) Учить + someONE (a living being) = to teach You'll learn more examples from the video! ❗️I had hard times finding an appropriate / better English word for an "animate object" (a living being), and in the video, I'm calling it "an object"; please, read it as "a living being". ⬇️ Я учУсь игрАть на гитАре = I'm learning to play the guitar Я учУ игрАть на гитАре = I'm teaching to play the guitar The verb ‘Изучать’ also means studying something, but at a deeper level, professionally, exploring a subject: Изучать + smth = to study smth at a deep level, professionally (Я изучАю кибернЕтику) 'Учиться' and 'Заниматься' are both reflexive verbs. You might think that you'll have troubles conjugating them, but rest assured, the things are easier than they seem. The main difference between these two verbs can be described as following: 'Учиться' = to acquire new skills 'Заниматься' = to practice the existing skills Учиться + infinitive = to learn how to do smth (Я учУсь игрАть на гитАре) Учиться = to study (Я учУсь в университЕте) ЗанимАться = to be doing smth / to practice some skill (Я занимАюсь рУсским) Learn more phrases from the video and give me some examples of your own phrases in the Comments below! 0:00 - Intro 0:28 - УЧИТЬ meaning 0:55 - Examples for учИть + someTHING 1:31 - Examples for учИть + someONE 3:42 - УЧИТЬСЯ meaning 4:30 - Conjugation of УЧИТЬ & УЧИТЬСЯ 5:12 - Examples for УЧИТЬСЯ + to Do smth 5:56 - Examples for УЧИТЬСЯ = to Study 7:15 - Summary for УЧИТЬ vs УЧИТЬСЯ 7:49 - What are Reflexive Verbs? 8:43 - How do you say "I teach English/etc."? 9:30 - ИЗУЧАТЬ meaning 10:06 - Examples for ИЗУЧАТЬ 10:34 - Can you say "Я изучаю русский язык" instead of "Я учу русский язык"? 11:10 - ЗАНИМАТЬСЯ meaning 12:04 - Review and meanings of "Чем ты занимаешься?" 12:51 - Conjugation of ЗАНИМАТЬСЯ 13:23 - Examples for ЗАНИМАТЬСЯ 14:34 - The Lesson's Summary ___ 👆 This video is a part of a Guided Plan for Learning Russian: With clear directions and explanations, Russian won't seem that tricky. I believe, that behind every language, there's a particular way of thinking. I hope, you'll enjoy the lesson! ___ 👉 Start SPEAKING Russian: 👉 Learn How to READ in Russian Once and For All! 👉 Learn How to WRITE in Russian: 👉 How to Pronounce the Mysterious Russian Ы? 👉 Learn the RUSSIAN ALPHABET (10 minutes): ___ Music: Images: Special Thanks to my Russian Students Special Thanks to ___ © All Rights Reserved #RussianComprehensive #RussianLanguage #LearnRussian #RussianPhrases #RussianLessons #OnlineRussianCourse #YouTubeTeacher free russian lessons, online russian course, speak russian, learn russian, russian language, russian online, read in russian, how to learn russian, learn russian online, aprender ruso, idioma ruso, polyglot, lingua russa, apprendre le russe, russian grammar, russian tips, comprehensive russian, essential Russian phrases, must know Russian phrases, russian vocabulary, how to say i'm learning russian in russian, to learn to study to teach in russian, difference between учить учиться заниматься