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Verbs

Russian verbs, fully conjugated

Every form with its stress — because in Russian the stress moves, and no ordinary table shows it. Each verb page also names its aspect partner.

Most usedAspect pairs1st conjugation 2nd conjugationIrregularMotion

The ten that carry every conversation

хоте́ть — khotetA1

to want. Singular one way, plural another.

говори́ть — govoritA1

to speak, to talk.

сказа́ть — skazatA1

to say — once, with a result.

быть — bytA1

to be — invisible in the present.

мочь — mochA1

can, to be able to.

идти́ — idtiA1

to go on foot, right now.

знать — znatA1

to know a fact or a person.

люби́ть — lyubitA1

to love, to like — with a stress shift.

жить — zhitA1

to live — живу́,живёшь.

де́лать — delatA1

to do, to make — the model regular verb.

Everyday verbs

понима́ть — ponimatA1

to understand — Я не понима́ю.

ду́мать — dumatA1

to think.

ждать — zhdatA1

to wait — подожди́те, пожа́луйста.

дава́ть — davatA1

to give — and Дава́й!, our name.

брать — bratA1

to take — беру́, возьму́.

есть — estA1

to eat — one of four irregular verbs.

пить — pitA1

to drink.

писа́ть — pisatA1

to write — пишу́, пи́шешь.

смотре́ть — smotretA1

to watch.

слу́шать — slushatA1

to listen.

спать — spatA1

to sleep — сплю.

рабо́тать — rabotatA1

to work — рабо́таю врачо́м.

учи́ться — uchitsyaA2

to study — your first reflexive verb.

Verbs of motion

идти́ — idtiA1

to go on foot, right now.

ходи́ть — khoditA2

to go regularly, there and back.

е́хать — ekhatA1

to go by transport.

Prefixes: при-, у-, в-, вы-B1

arrive, leave, enter, exit.

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