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RUSSIAN VERB

кашлять

to cough

  • #464 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use кашлять

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

  1. Present

    Я кашляю уже неделю, что делать?

    I've been coughing for a week, what should I do?

  2. Past

    Ребёнок кашлял всю ночь, мы не спали.

    The child coughed all night, we didn't sleep.

  3. Future

    Без шарфа ты будешь кашлять до весны.

    Without a scarf you'll be coughing till spring.

  4. Conditional

    Ты бы меньше кашлял, если бы бросил курить.

    You'd cough less if you quit smoking.

  5. Imperative

    Кашляй в локоть, а не в ладонь.

    Cough into your elbow, not your palm.

Good to know

  • Кашлять is coughing as it goes on; кашлянуть is one cough. The noun is кашель.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.