Thread: лягь(те)

I thought гь and кь didn't existed together. It г pronounced soft in this case?

Originally Posted by jz12

I thought гь and кь didn't existed together. It г pronounced soft in this case?

"лягь" (or "ляг"? ) is pronounced "ляк" (к is hard)
"лягьте" is pronounced "лякти" (к is hard)

Thanks. I think лягте is correct. ь is never spelled after velars. However some Russians tend to write лягьте. Imperative Mood is formed by adding -ьте to the stem if the verb always has the stress on the stem. But with the stem ляг+, this will violate the spelling rule.

лягте is an exception

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Remember: 

In the end of imperative verbs, the letter "ь" is to be written after consonants. The "ь" remains even before "-ся" and "-те". For example: назначь, назначьте, готовься, готовьтесь.
Exceptions: ляг, лягте, приляг, прилягте.

http://www.masterrussian.com/aa042700b.shtml

Besides that, I should mention the common error that illiterate Russians make. They mistakenly say ляжьте, ляж, etc. instead of лягте, ляг, etc.

Ok. Now it seems clear. Thanks.

Originally Posted by MasterAdmin

Besides that, I should mention the common error that illiterate Russians make. They mistakenly say ляжьте, ляж, etc. instead of лягте, ляг, etc.

Originally Posted by В.Высоцкий

Если вы в своей квартире
Лягте на пол, три-четыре...

http://www.kulichki.com/vv/pesni/vdox-g ... shire.html