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RUSSIAN VERB

брать

to take

  • #73 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use брать

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

  1. Present

    Я беру с собой зонт на всякий случай.

    I'm taking an umbrella with me just in case.

  2. Past

    Раньше мы брали такси до вокзала.

    We used to take a taxi to the station.

  3. Future

    Я буду брать кофе на работу.

    I'll take coffee to work.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы брала поменьше вещей в дорогу.

    I'd take fewer things on the trip.

  5. Imperative

    Бери что хочешь, не стесняйся.

    Take whatever you want, don't be shy.

Good to know

  • Брать is the ongoing or repeated taking; its one-time partner is взять.

Where you hear брать

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Russian · Beginner Level 3

  • Я беру комнату. I'll take the room.
  • Я брала зонт каждый день. I took an umbrella every day.
  • Мы будем брать такси. We'll take taxis.

Russian · Intermediate Level 3

  • Я беру комнату. I'll take the room.
  • Я брала зонт каждый день. I took an umbrella every day.
  • Мы будем брать такси. We'll take taxis.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.