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RUSSIAN VERB

глядеть

to look, to gaze (the everyday cousin of to look)

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use глядеть

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

  1. Present

    Гляжу в окно, а там уже снег.

    I look out of the window and there's snow already.

  2. Past

    Кот глядел на рыбу и не моргал.

    The cat gazed at the fish and didn't blink.

  3. Future

    Буду глядеть в оба, не волнуйся.

    I'll keep my eyes peeled, don't worry.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы глядела на море часами.

    I could gaze at the sea for hours.

  5. Imperative

    Гляди под ноги, тут скользко.

    Watch your step, it's slippery here.

Good to know

  • Глядеть is a homely смотреть: гляди! is look! Глядеть в оба is to keep one's eyes peeled; того и гляди, any moment now.

Where you hear глядеть

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

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Гляжу на потолки и не верю. I look at the ceilings and can't believe it.
  • Муж часами глядел в окно. My husband gazed out of the window for hours.
  • Буду глядеть на потолок и играть. I'll gaze at the ceiling and play.

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Гляжу на потолки и не верю. I look at the ceilings and can't believe it.
  • Муж часами глядел в окно. My husband gazed out of the window for hours.
  • Буду глядеть на потолок и играть. I'll gaze at the ceiling and play.
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The Piano Under the Cover

Advanced Level 1 · Глядя на потолки, я уже согласна.

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A Baby in a Compartment

Advanced Level 3 · Глядя в окно, она молчит.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.