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RUSSIAN VERB

бросать

to throw; to quit

  • #188 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use бросать

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

  1. Present

    Он бросает вещи где попало, а я убираю.

    He throws his things anywhere, and I tidy up.

  2. Past

    Я бросал курить три раза, и всё без толку.

    I quit smoking three times, all for nothing.

  3. Future

    Я не буду бросать работу из-за одного плохого дня.

    I won't quit my job over one bad day.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не бросал учёбу на последнем курсе.

    I wouldn't drop out in the final year.

  5. Imperative

    Не бросай мусор мимо урны.

    Don't throw rubbish next to the bin.

Good to know

  • Бросать is to throw, and to give up: бросать курить, бросать работу; бросить is the perfective. Бросать кого-то is to leave someone.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.