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RUSSIAN VERB

гореть

to burn, to be on

  • #491 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use гореть

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

  1. Present

    В окне у соседей горит свет.

    There's a light on in the neighbours' window.

  2. Past

    Костёр горел до самого утра.

    The campfire burned till morning.

  3. Future

    Лампочка не будет гореть, если плохой контакт.

    The bulb won't light if the contact is bad.

  4. Conditional

    Дрова бы горели лучше, если бы были сухие.

    The wood would burn better if it were dry.

  5. Imperative

    Гори, гори ясно, чтобы не погасло!

    Burn, burn bright, so you don't go out!

Good to know

  • Гореть is to be alight: дрова горят, and свет горит is the light is on. Сгореть is to burn down; гореть на работе is to burn yourself out at work.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.