Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I blow
- ты you blow
- он, она, оно he/she blows
- мы we blow
- вы you all blow
- они they blow
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he blew
- она she blew
- оно it blew
- они they blew
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will blow
- ты you will blow
- он, она, оно he/she will blow
- мы we will blow
- вы you all will blow
- они they will blow
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would blow
- она she would blow
- оно it would blow
- они they would blow
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты blow!
- вы blow! (formal, or all of you)
How to use дуть
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
С моря дует сильный ветер.
A strong wind is blowing from the sea.
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Past
Всю ночь дул ветер, и я не спала.
The wind blew all night and I didn't sleep.
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Future
Завтра будет дуть с севера, одевайся теплее.
Tomorrow it'll blow from the north, dress warmer.
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Conditional
Здесь бы не дуло, если бы заклеили окна.
There wouldn't be a draught here if the windows were sealed.
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Imperative
Дуй на суп, он горячий.
Blow on the soup, it's hot.
Good to know
- Дует, on its own, is there's a draught: закрой окно, дует. Дуть на чай is to blow on your tea; подуть is once.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.