Hi everyone,

Just want to check I’m hearing this one correctly.

The 3rd person singular of нравится is нравится (nrav-it-sya) and the 3rd person plural is нравятся, right? Now being as the stress falls on the а, wouldn’t one expect the 1st я in нравятся to reduce? Because, as far as I can hear it gets pronounced unreduced as nrav-yat-sya?

Is it just an exception... or is there a rule I’m not aware of in play... or I am just hearing it wrongly?

Thanks,

Simon