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RUSSIAN VERB

грустить

to be sad

  • #441 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

  1. он he was sad
  2. она she was sad
  3. оно it was sad
  4. они they were sad

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use грустить

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

  1. Present

    Я грущу, когда долго не вижу родителей.

    I get sad when I don't see my parents for a long time.

  2. Past

    Я грустил весь вечер после её отъезда.

    I was sad all evening after she left.

  3. Future

    Не буду грустить, лучше позвоню подруге.

    I won't be sad, I'd better call a friend.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы грустил меньше, если бы ты писала чаще.

    I'd be less sad if you wrote more often.

  5. Imperative

    Не грусти, мы скоро увидимся.

    Don't be sad, we'll see each other soon.

Good to know

  • Грустить о ком-то, по кому-то is to be sad about someone, to miss them. Не грусти! is cheer up.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.