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RUSSIAN VERB

бегать

to run around

  • #158 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

  1. я I run around
  2. ты you run around
  3. он, она, оно he/she runs around
  4. мы we run around
  5. вы you all run around
  6. они they run around

Past

Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила

  1. он he ran around
  2. она she ran around
  3. оно it ran around
  4. они they ran around

Future

Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself

  1. я I will run around
  2. ты you will run around
  3. он, она, оно he/she will run around
  4. мы we will run around
  5. вы you all will run around
  6. они they will run around

Conditional

Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”

  1. он he would run around
  2. она she would run around
  3. оно it would run around
  4. они they would run around

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты run around!
  2. вы run around! (formal, or all of you)

How to use бегать

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Я бегаю в парке три раза в неделю.

    I run in the park three times a week.

  2. Past

    Дети бегали по двору до самой темноты.

    The children ran around the yard until dark.

  3. Future

    Зимой я буду бегать в зале, а не на улице.

    In winter I'll run in the gym, not outside.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы бегал по утрам, но люблю поспать.

    I'd run in the mornings, but I like to sleep in.

  5. Imperative

    Не бегай по квартире, соседи внизу.

    Don't run around the flat, the neighbours are downstairs.

Good to know

  • Бегать is running in general or back and forth: я бегаю по утрам; бежать is one run in one direction, right now.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.