Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I seem
- ты you seem
- он, она, оно he/she seems
- мы we seem
- вы you all seem
- они they seem
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he seemed
- она she seemed
- оно it seemed
- они they seemed
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will seem
- ты you will seem
- он, она, оно he/she will seem
- мы we will seem
- вы you all will seem
- они they will seem
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would seem
- она she would seem
- оно it would seem
- они they would seem
How to use казаться
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Мне кажется, ты слишком много работаешь.
It seems to me you work too much.
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Past
Сначала Москва казалась мне огромной и шумной.
At first Moscow seemed huge and noisy to me.
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Future
Без очков всё будет казаться размытым.
Without glasses everything will seem blurry.
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Conditional
Квартира казалась бы больше без этого шкафа.
The flat would seem bigger without that wardrobe.
Good to know
- What something seems goes in the instrumental: он кажется усталым. Мне кажется, что… is it seems to me, I think.
- Показаться is the perfective: мне показалось, I thought for a moment.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.