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RUSSIAN VERB

класть

to put, to lay

  • #309 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use класть

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

  1. Present

    Я кладу ключи всегда на одно место.

    I always put my keys in the same place.

  2. Past

    Куда ты клал мой паспорт?

    Where were you putting my passport?

  3. Future

    Я буду класть твои письма на стол.

    I'll put your letters on the table.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не клал телефон на край стола.

    I wouldn't put the phone on the edge of the table.

  5. Imperative

    Не клади локти на стол.

    Don't put your elbows on the table.

Good to know

  • Класть is to put something down flat; ставить is to stand it up. Its perfective is положить, from another root; ложить without a prefix is a mistake.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.