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RUSSIAN VERB

гаснуть

to go out, of a light

  • #493 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use гаснуть

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

  1. Present

    Экран гаснет через минуту, это настройки.

    The screen goes dark after a minute, it's the settings.

  2. Past

    Свет гас и загорался всю грозу.

    The lights kept going out and coming back on all through the storm.

  3. Future

    Свечи будут гаснуть от сквозняка, закрой окно.

    The candles will keep going out in the draught, close the window.

  4. Conditional

    Костёр бы не гас, если бы дрова были сухие.

    The fire wouldn't keep going out if the wood were dry.

Good to know

  • Гаснуть is for a light, a fire or a screen going out; погаснуть is once: свет погас. Its past has no -ну-: гас, гасла. Гасить is to put it out.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.