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RUSSIAN VERB

гнать

to drive fast, to push the pace; in slang, to rush

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use гнать

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

  1. Present

    Не гони так, дорога скользкая.

    Don't drive so fast, the road is slippery.

  2. Past

    Мы гнали всю ночь, чтобы успеть к утру.

    We drove flat out all night to make it by morning.

  3. Future

    Я не буду гнать, доедем спокойно.

    I won't rush, we'll get there calmly.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не гнала по такой дороге.

    I wouldn't speed on a road like this.

  5. Imperative

    Гони к вокзалу, поезд через десять минут.

    Race to the station, the train's in ten minutes.

Good to know

  • Гнать is to drive or push hard: не гони is slow down, don't rush. Погнать is to set off, once. Its table: гоню, гонишь.

Where you hear гнать

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Толик всегда гонит в конце. Tolik always rushes at the end.
  • Такси гнало по пустой Москве. The taxi raced through an empty Moscow.
  • Не буду гнать, обещаю. I won't rush, I promise.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.