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RUSSIAN VERB

красть

to steal

  • #411 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use красть

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

  1. Present

    Сорока крадёт всё, что блестит.

    The magpie steals everything that glitters.

  2. Past

    Кот крал сосиски прямо со стола.

    The cat used to steal sausages right off the table.

  3. Future

    Никто не будет красть твой велосипед, успокойся.

    Nobody's going to steal your bike, calm down.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не крал яблоки у соседа даже в детстве.

    I wouldn't have stolen the neighbour's apples even as a child.

  5. Imperative

    Не кради мои тапочки, купи себе.

    Don't steal my slippers, buy your own.

Good to know

  • Красть is the imperfective, украсть is once. The present changes: краду, крадёшь. Воровать is the everyday word for stealing as a habit.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.