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RUSSIAN VERB

гулять

to stroll, to walk about (for pleasure)

  • #204 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use гулять

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

  1. Present

    По вечерам мы гуляем с собакой у реки.

    In the evenings we walk the dog by the river.

  2. Past

    Вчера мы гуляли по центру до полуночи.

    Yesterday we strolled around the centre till midnight.

  3. Future

    В выходные будем гулять, если не будет дождя.

    At the weekend we'll go walking if it doesn't rain.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы гулял каждый день, если бы было время.

    I'd go for a walk every day if I had time.

  5. Imperative

    Гуляйте, дети, только не уходите далеко.

    Go and play outside, children, just don't go far.

Good to know

  • Гулять is walking for its own sake: идти гулять is to go out for a walk.

Where you hear гулять

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Мы гуляем по Невскому. We're strolling along Nevsky.
  • Вечером я гулял по Арбату. In the evenings I walked around the Arbat.
  • Завтра будем гулять весь день. Tomorrow we'll walk all day.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.