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RUSSIAN VERB

худеть

to lose weight

  • #461 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use худеть

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

  1. Present

    Я худею к лету, без сладкого.

    I'm slimming down for summer, no sweets.

  2. Past

    Папа худел после операции, но сейчас хорошо ест.

    Dad was losing weight after the operation, but now he eats well.

  3. Future

    Я буду худеть медленно, без диет.

    I'll lose weight slowly, without diets.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы худел быстрее, если бы бегал.

    I'd lose weight faster if I ran.

  5. Imperative

    Не худей больше, тебе и так хорошо.

    Don't lose any more weight, you look fine as you are.

Good to know

  • Худеть is losing weight as it goes; похудеть is to have lost it: я похудел на пять килограммов. The opposite is полнеть.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.