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RUSSIAN VERB

бить

to beat, to hit

  • #137 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use бить

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

  1. Present

    Дождь бьёт в окно всю ночь.

    The rain has been beating on the window all night.

  2. Past

    Часы били полночь, когда мы вошли.

    The clock was striking midnight when we came in.

  3. Future

    Я не буду бить тревогу раньше времени.

    I won't raise the alarm before it's time.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не бил по мячу так сильно.

    I wouldn't kick the ball so hard.

  5. Imperative

    Не бей посуду, она бабушкина.

    Don't break the dishes, they're Grandma's.

Good to know

  • Бить has its own table: бью, бьёшь, бей. Часы бьют is the clock strikes; бить посуду is to break dishes; бить тревогу, to raise the alarm.

Where you hear бить

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Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Барабанщик не бьёт, он играет. A drummer doesn't hit, he plays.
  • В детстве нас били веником каждую субботу. As children we were whisked with the broom every Saturday.
  • Я не буду бить рояль, я буду его чинить. I won't beat the piano, I'll fix it.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.