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RUSSIAN VERB

гасить

to put out, to turn off (a light, a fire)

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use гасить

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

  1. Present

    Я всегда гашу свет, когда выхожу.

    I always turn the light off when I leave.

  2. Past

    Мы гасили костёр водой и песком.

    We were putting out the fire with water and sand.

  3. Future

    Свет будут гасить ровно в одиннадцать.

    They'll put the lights out at eleven sharp.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не гасила свечи, так уютнее.

    I wouldn't put out the candles, it's cosier like this.

  5. Imperative

    Гаси свет, уже пора спать.

    Turn off the light, it's time to sleep now.

Good to know

  • Гасить свет, свечу, костёр is to put them out; погасить is once. Выключать is the everyday word for a light.

Where you hear гасить

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

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Гасите свет, начинаем. Lights off, we're starting.
  • Раньше свет гасили в десять. In the old days the lights were put out at ten.
  • Я буду гасить лампу перед каждым дублем. I'll turn the lamp off before every take.
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A Few Words First

Fluency Level 2 · Гасите свет!

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.