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RUSSIAN VERB

кричать

to shout

  • #96 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use кричать

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

  1. Present

    Почему ты кричишь, я рядом стою.

    Why are you shouting, I'm standing right here.

  2. Past

    Дети кричали во дворе до самого вечера.

    The children were shouting in the yard till evening.

  3. Future

    Я не буду кричать, давай спокойно поговорим.

    I won't shout, let's talk calmly.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не кричала на ребёнка из-за этого.

    I wouldn't shout at a child over that.

  5. Imperative

    Не кричи, бабушка спит в соседней комнате.

    Don't shout, Grandma's asleep in the next room.

Good to know

  • Кричать на кого-то is to shout at someone; крикнуть is one shout.

Where you hear кричать

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Не кричи, я слышу. Don't shout, I can hear.
  • А я не должна была кричать. And I shouldn't have shouted.
  • Я не буду кричать. I won't shout.

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Не кричи, я слышу. Don't shout, I can hear.
  • А я не должна была кричать. And I shouldn't have shouted.
  • Я не буду кричать. I won't shout.
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I Should Have Called

Intermediate Level 1 · А я не должна была кричать.

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To the Young Couple

Advanced Level 1 · И опять горько, раз вы все кричите.

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