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First notebook entry: Introducing myself Я учусь России. Я говорю по-английски и я из Канады.

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And you also the subject that produces the action.
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Actually, it's not as passive as English. For example, I'm fighting or I'm shaving would be Я дерусь and Я бреюсь. A verb with the suffix "ся" can't be transitive. It mostly means that something happens with you and you are the object of the action.
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"Учусь" is a verb "учу" + suffix "ся" (здесь сь). When a verb has the suffix "ся" it is a passive verb form. Изучаю или учу (the same verb as the firs one without "ся") means active. So, Я учусь в школе - I study at school, but Я учу/изучаю русский язык в школе.
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Well, it's the basics. The Russian language has endings for all words in a sentence. In English a meaning of a word depends on where it's placed in a sentence. The Russian is almost independent about it. You can say: Кошка поймала мышку. или Мышку поймала кошка. In this example sentence you can swap words as you want without changing the meaning of the sentence.
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First notebook entry: Introducing myself

Я учусь в России. / Я изучаю русский язык.
Я говорю по-английски и я из Канады.

 

учиться + place/activity (infinitive)

Я учусь в школе/ в университете.

Я учусь плавать/ говорить по-русски.

*Я учусь кулинарии/ шитью (it's less used, normally for some practical activities like sewing, cooking, driving, not school subjects. Note the Instrumental case of the noun)

 

изучать + subject

Я изучаю математику (экономику).

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