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RUSSIAN VERB

фотографировать

to photograph

  • #370 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use фотографировать

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

  1. Present

    Я фотографирую каждое блюдо, прости.

    I photograph every dish, sorry.

  2. Past

    Туристы фотографировали собор со всех сторон.

    Tourists were photographing the cathedral from every side.

  3. Future

    Я буду фотографировать, а ты смотри на меня.

    I'll take the photos, and you look at me.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы фотографировал без вспышки, так лучше.

    I'd shoot without a flash, it's better that way.

  5. Imperative

    Не фотографируй меня, я не накрашена.

    Don't photograph me, I've got no make-up on.

Good to know

  • Фотографировать кого-то, что-то is to take their picture; сфотографировать is once. Фотографироваться is to have your picture taken.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.