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RUSSIAN VERB

бежать

to run (one way, right now)

  • #67 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use бежать

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

  1. Present

    Я бегу на автобус, перезвоню позже.

    I'm running for the bus, I'll call you back.

  2. Past

    Мы бежали под дождём до самого дома.

    We ran in the rain all the way home.

  3. Future

    Завтра я буду бежать марафон.

    Tomorrow I'll be running a marathon.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы бежала быстрее, но болит нога.

    I'd run faster, but my leg hurts.

  5. Imperative

    Беги, поезд уже на платформе!

    Run, the train's already at the platform!

Good to know

  • Бежать is one run in one direction, now; бегать is running in general: я бегаю по утрам. Its table is mixed: бегу, бежишь, бегут.

Where you hear бежать

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Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Бежим! Run!
  • Я бежала по платформе. I was running along the platform.
  • Я побегу за кофе. I'll run for coffee.
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Intermediate Level 1 · Бежим!

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