Vystuplenie, zagryaznenie, voobrazhenie: a verb made into a thing
The tail -nie turns a doing into a thing: vystupat gives vystuplenie, zagryaznyat gives zagryaznenie, voobrazhat gives voobrazhenie. The process stops being a process: it can be cancelled, discussed, remembered. For example: “Выступление отменили, а обсуждение оставили” — The speech was cancelled and the discussion stayed. A rule from the Russian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
The tail -nie turns a doing into a thing: vystupat gives vystuplenie, zagryaznyat gives zagryaznenie, voobrazhat gives voobrazhenie. The process stops being a process: it can be cancelled, discussed, remembered.
Such words are coined on the spot, even from new verbs: redaktirovat gives redaktirovanie. The listener follows: one tail for every case, from whatever verb.
Mind the meanings. Porazhenie is both a defeat and the blow dealt. And vpechatlenie is literally an imprint — to produce one has nothing to do with printing; the word lives its own life.
Table
| Verb | The thing | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| vystupat | vystuplenie | the step to the audience |
| zagryaznyat | zagryaznenie | dirt where it has no place |
| voobrazhat | voobrazhenie | pictures in the head |
| vpechatlyat | vpechatlenie | the mark left inside |
| prodolzhat | prodolzhenie | what goes on |
| predupredit | preduprezhdenie | a word said in advance |
| proveryat | proverka | a look-over without -nie |
By example
- Выступление отменили, а обсуждение оставилиVystuplenie otmenili, a obsuzhdenie ostaviliThe speech was cancelled and the discussion stayed
- Загрязнение воды заметили по запахуZagryaznenie vody zametili po zapakhuThe pollution of the water was noticed by the smell
- Продолжение обещают к осениProdolzhenie obeshchayut k oseniA sequel is promised by autumn
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
How to make a noun from a verb?
Such words are coined on the spot, even from new verbs: redaktirovat gives redaktirovanie. The listener follows: one tail for every case, from whatever verb.
What the tail -nie means?
The tail -nie turns a doing into a thing: vystupat gives vystuplenie, zagryaznyat gives zagryaznenie, voobrazhat gives voobrazhenie. The process stops being a process: it can be cancelled, discussed, remembered.
Vystuplenie and vpechatlenie?
Mind the meanings. Porazhenie is both a defeat and the blow dealt. And vpechatlenie is literally an imprint — to produce one has nothing to do with printing; the word lives its own life.
News words ending in -nie?
The tail -nie turns a doing into a thing: vystupat gives vystuplenie, zagryaznyat gives zagryaznenie, voobrazhat gives voobrazhenie. The process stops being a process: it can be cancelled, discussed, remembered.
What does it look like in a Russian example sentence?
“Выступление отменили, а обсуждение оставили” (Vystuplenie otmenili, a obsuzhdenie ostavili) — The speech was cancelled and the discussion stayed. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.