yes I do think there are many russian verbs that have the same meaning. I'm probably wrong and I (along with my poor dictionary) don't understand the subtleties but it's the only language I know ( and I also speak french, english, spanish and russian) that difficulty.
for instance (I coud find many other examples) :
ugadyvat' = to guess
dogadyvat'sya = to guess
what's the difference and how can I get it by just looking at the verb ?
I happen to understand that most of the time, the prefix tends to change the meaning a little bit (for verbs of movement, it's even cristal clear) but in some instances (like the one I just mentioned), I don't see the trick.
and it's getting even worse with the 500 most common verbs list provided on this website...
so is there any trick I should know to make it easier to learn all these verbs ?
thanks in advance for your help !