в чём состоит различиие между ...

В чём состоит различиие между

- "как это пишут" и
- "как это пишется"

I saw it today in my new Russian book


I guess it's like in German:

wie das geschrieben wird....
wie das sich schreiben (l

Как это пишется? - How do you spell it?
Как это пишут. This one isn't normally used alone. Look at the following example:
Как это пишут газеты - он был незаурядным человеком.
As newspapers write about it - he was a remarkable man.
I guess it may seem weird to some because, like I said, it's rare. I'd even say - it's kind of formal. The English version seems weird too.

P.S. I can't speak German.

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Originally Posted by krobatshov

В чём состоит различиие между

- "как это пишут" и
- "как это пишется"

I saw it today in my new Russian book
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I think the reason is a different subject in each sentence.
- "как [они] это пишут"... (они is the subject but we don't say it)
- "как это пишется" (reflexive verb, это is the subject)

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Originally Posted by Spiderkat

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Originally Posted by krobatshov

В чём состоит различиие между

- "как это пишут" и
- "как это пишется"

I saw it today in my new Russian book
...

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I think the reason is a different subject in each sentence.
- "как [они] это пишут"... (они is the subject but we don't say it)
- "как это пишется" (reflexive verb, это is the subject)

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supposing my question would refer to most of verbs...like

делать - делаться....if something like that exists....what is it for?

The suffix ся makes the verb whether reflexive, passive or intransitive. And sometimes the verb has a slightly or complete different meaning. Also, some verbs exist only with the suffix.

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Originally Posted by Spiderkat

The suffix ся makes the verb whether reflexive, passive or intransitive. And sometimes the verb has a slightly or complete different meaning. Also, some verbs exist only with the suffix.

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Thank you
For these reasons (that verbs can become reflexive, passive or intransative) I'm now asking you

More precisely: are there kinds of websites showing which verbs can be used passive, too?

;)

I don't know any of these kind of websites because I use a dictionary and it tells me everything I want to know about the verbs.

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Originally Posted by krobatshov

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Originally Posted by Spiderkat

The suffix ся makes the verb whether reflexive, passive or intransitive. And sometimes the verb has a slightly or complete different meaning. Also, some verbs exist only with the suffix.

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Thank you
For these reasons (that verbs can become reflexive, passive or intransative) I'm now asking you

More precisely: are there kinds of websites showing which verbs can be used passive, too?

;)

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The transitive verbs (vt) can be passive - verbs that can take direct objects, intransitive verbs can't be passive (vi).

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Originally Posted by krobatshov

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Originally Posted by Spiderkat

The suffix ся makes the verb whether reflexive, passive or intransitive. And sometimes the verb has a slightly or complete different meaning. Also, some verbs exist only with the suffix.

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Thank you
For these reasons (that verbs can become reflexive, passive or intransative) I'm now asking you

More precisely: are there kinds of websites showing which verbs can be used passive, too?

;)

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The transitive verbs (vt) can be passive - verbs that can take direct objects, intransitive verbs can't be passive (vi).