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What is the difference between брать and взять ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Брать - глагол несовершенного вида (что делать?)
Взять - глагол совершенного вида (что сделать?)
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We have to take (взять) umbrella because of rain.
It is so impolite to take(брать) my things without question.
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These are very close and often interchangeable synonyms meaning the same.
However брать has connotation of selecting, getting or picking something up.
If you take a close look at etymology of "брать", it has such related words with the same root as:
выбор = a choice
избирать = to elect
забрать = to take something away, to pick something up
etc.
In contrast to this, "взять" has connotation of taking something over to posses it or "to appropriate".
Its related words in Russian are:
взятка = a bribe
взимание (налога) = tax collection
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