Thread: question about past tense particles

take the sentence:
А потом, уже успокоившись, добавил:

why isn't it written with й успокоившийсь?

Заранее большое спасибо

It's the past completed form or whatever it's called.

It comes from успокоив but is reflexive so you add шись to the end.

больше примеров:

убившись
встретившись
познакомившись

http://learningrussian.com/grammar/verbs.htm

the ending is -вшийсь

what am i missing?

Originally Posted by sperk

http://learningrussian.com/grammar/verbs.htm

the ending is -вшийсь

Where? I don't find it there.

There is no any -вшийсь in Russian. Probably you've seen -вшийся, but that's a totally different story.

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

There is no any -вшийсь in Russian. Probably you've seen -вшийся, but that's a totally different story.

what's the difference between успокоившись and успокоившийся?

thanks

Originally Posted by sperk

what's the difference between успокоившись and успокоившийся?

успокоившийся - participle (it's declined like an adjective)
"Успокоившийся ребенок мирно играл."

успокоившись - verbal adverb, adverbial participle, gerund
"Успокоившись, он стал говорить тише."

Причастие и деепричастие, я бы сказала ) то есть разные формы глагола.

успокоившись is the past GERUND = having calmed down / having relaxed.

успокоившийся is the past active PARTICIPLE = he who had calmed down / he who had relaxed.

You need to check the difference between Participles and Gerunds.

Participles are verbal adjectives, that is 'adjectives formed from verbs'. They therefore agree in case, number and gender with the noun they describe. Note they are commonly used by themselves sort of as nouns. They replace a clause with который:
Девочка, которая читает - The girl who reads / The reading girl / The girl who is reading.
Читающая девочка - The girl who reads / The reading girl / The girl who is reading.

Успокоившись, он стал говорить тише.
Having calmed down, he began to talk more quitely

Успокоившийся ребенок мирно играл.
The "having calmed down" child played peacefully.
The calmed down child played peacefully.
The child who had calmed down played peacefully.