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RUSSIAN VERB

чилить

to chill, to hang out (slang, from English; the Russian word is to rest)

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use чилить

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

  1. Present

    Мы чилим на даче, приезжай.

    We're chilling at the dacha, come over.

  2. Past

    Вчера мы чилили на пляже до заката.

    Yesterday we chilled on the beach till sunset.

  3. Future

    В субботу я буду чилить дома с котом.

    On Saturday I'll be chilling at home with the cat.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы чилила, но завтра экзамен.

    I'd chill, but there's an exam tomorrow.

  5. Imperative

    Чиль, всё готово, я сам уберу.

    Chill, everything's done, I'll clean up myself.

Good to know

  • Чилить is young, spoken Russian for отдыхать; say отдыхать with anyone older.

Where you hear чилить

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Мы чилим после репетиции. We're chilling after rehearsal.
  • Вчера мы чилили у Лёхи до двух. Yesterday we chilled at Lyokha's till two.
  • Чилить вы будете без меня. You'll be chilling without me.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.