Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I interest
- ты you interest
- он, она, оно he/she interests
- мы we interest
- вы you all interest
- они they interest
RUSSIAN VERB
интересовать
to interest
- Imperfective verb
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he interested
- она she interested
- оно it interested
- они they interested
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will interest
- ты you will interest
- он, она, оно he/she will interest
- мы we will interest
- вы you all will interest
- они they will interest
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would interest
- она she would interest
- оно it would interest
- они they would interest
How to use интересовать
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Меня больше всего интересует старая часть города.
What interests me most is the old part of town.
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Past
В школе меня интересовала только музыка.
At school only music interested me.
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Future
Цена будет интересовать его в последнюю очередь.
The price will be the last thing he cares about.
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Conditional
Меня бы интересовал дом поближе к работе.
I'd be interested in a house closer to work.
Good to know
- The thing that interests is the subject and the person is in the accusative: меня интересует история. Интересоваться чем-то is to be interested in something.
Where you hear интересовать
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Intermediate Level 3
- Что вас интересует? What interests you?
- Меня всегда интересовал джаз. Jazz always interested me.
- Это будет интересовать маму. That will interest Mum.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.