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RUSSIAN VERB

кидать

to throw

  • #478 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use кидать

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

  1. Present

    Дети кидают камешки в воду.

    The kids are throwing pebbles into the water.

  2. Past

    Он кидал мяч собаке, пока та не устала.

    He threw the ball for the dog until it got tired.

  3. Future

    Я буду кидать, а ты лови.

    I'll throw and you catch.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не кидала вещи на пол.

    I wouldn't throw things on the floor.

  5. Imperative

    Не кидай бумажки мимо урны.

    Don't throw papers past the bin.

Good to know

  • Кидать and бросать both mean to throw; кидать is the more everyday one. Кинуть is one throw.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.