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RUSSIAN VERB

дразнить

to tease

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use дразнить

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

  1. Present

    Старший брат всё время дразнит сестру.

    The older brother teases his sister all the time.

  2. Past

    В школе меня дразнили из-за очков.

    At school they teased me about my glasses.

  3. Future

    Не бери кота на руки, он будет дразнить собаку.

    Don't pick up the cat, it'll tease the dog.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не дразнил его, он обидчивый.

    I wouldn't tease him, he's touchy.

  5. Imperative

    Не дразни собаку, она может укусить.

    Don't tease the dog, it might bite.

Good to know

  • Дразнить кого-то is to tease someone; дразниться is children teasing each other. Подразнить is a little teasing.

Where you hear дразнить

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

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Не дразни собаку. Don't tease the dog.
  • Дескать, сам дразнил. Supposedly he teased it himself.
  • Дети будут дразнить его до вечера. The children will tease him till evening.
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Supposedly

Fluency Level 2 · Тогда виноват ювелир: дескать, сам дразнил.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.