Dealing with the spelling of some words containing unstressed unchecked vowels can be difficult. Despite the fact that "see you" is a commonly used word, every time you write it, someone wonders: "What is the correct spelling: "see you" or "see you"?
What causes difficulties in spelling the word "see you"?
Often difficulties arise with the spelling of verbs containing unchecked unstressed vowels. In the word “see you”, the vowel in the ending [him] is unverifiable. The non-obviousness of writing the ending [to them] through the letter [and] requires an appeal to the rules of Russian grammar for clarifications on how to write: “see you” or “see you”. Let's figure it out.
“See you” (or “see you”) is a verb and can be divided into parts of the word like this: [y] [kind of] [them] [sya], where:
- [y] - prefix;
- kind] – root;
- [im]/[eat] - word ending;
- [sya] - suffix used after the end, or postfix.
We needfigure out how to write an unstressed vowel correctly. The postfix [sya] forms a reflexive verbal form and has no effect on the spelling of the ending in question [him] / [em].
Algorithm for determining the correct ending in the word "see you"
To find out what is true - "see you" or "see you", you need to apply the following algorithm:
1. Put the verb "see you" in the indefinite form. We get the word "see you", where:
- [y] - a prefix that forms the future tense;
- [kind] – word root;
- [et] - end of word;
- [sya] – return postfix.
The initial form of the word "see you" is "see", it is easy to get it if you drop the prefix [y] and the postfix [sya]. In the word "see" the ending is not under stress, so it is difficult to understand which ending: [et] or [it] should be applied.
2. To learn how to write correctly: "see you" or "see you", you need to figure out the conjugation of the verb "see".
The I conjugation includes all verbs that end in [at], [yat], [ot], [ut], [no], [et], as well as verbs from the column "Additional verbs of the I conjugation".
Table of endings of verbs of I conjugation.
| Examples | Singular, endings | Plural, endings | Additional verbs of I conjugation |
| laugh | I laugh[ly], meth[y], shoot[y] | we laugh, throw[e], shoot[e] | shave |
| revenge | you laugh, throw[eat], shoot[eat] | you laugh, meth[et]e, shoot[o]e | lay |
| shoot | he laughs, throws, shoots | they laugh, meth[ut], shoot[out] | build up |
The II conjugation includes verbs ending in [it] and [yt] in the infinitive, and verbs from the column "Additional verbs of the II conjugation".
Table of endings of verbs of II conjugation.
| Examples | Singular, endings | Plural, endings | Additional verbs II conjugations |
| wet | I pee[y], hurry[y], glue[y] | we moch[im], hurry[im], glue[im] | 7 verbs ending in [et]: offend, endure, depend, twirl, see, watch, hate |
| hurry | you pis[ish], rush[ish], glue[ish] | you wet[ite], hurry[ite], glue[ite] | 4 [at] verbs: hear, drive, hold, breathe |
| glue | he wet[it], hurry[it], glue[it] | they moch[at], hurry[at], glue[yat] |
The verb "see" belongs to the second conjugation, because it is in the column "Additional verbs of the II conjugation".
3. Let's see what endings the verbal forms of the word "see" have, according to the verb conjugation table:
• I see[y], see[y], see[y]s - [y];
• you look[seen], you see[s], you see[s]sya - [seen];
• heview [it], see [it], see [it] - [it];
• we see [them], see [them], see [them] - [them];
• you see[it]e, see[it]e, see[it]here - [it];
• they see[yat], see[yat], see[yat]sya - [yat].
So, if you are having trouble deciding which is correct: "see you" or "see you", you need to confidently write "see you".
Examples of "see you"
When they hope for a future meeting, they say: "See you!" The word expresses hope and a positive attitude towards a person: "We will definitely see you again." Also, the word "see you" when referring to a person or group of people can be used as an interjection and used instead of "goodbye".
