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RUSSIAN VERB

крутить

to turn something round and round, to crank

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

  1. я I turn something round and round
  2. ты you turn something round and round
  3. он, она, оно he/she turns something round and round
  4. мы we turn something round and round
  5. вы you all turn something round and round
  6. они they turn something round and round

Past

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

  1. он he turned something round and round
  2. она she turned something round and round
  3. оно it turned something round and round
  4. они they turned something round and round

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would turn something round and round
  2. она she would turn something round and round
  3. оно it would turn something round and round
  4. они they would turn something round and round

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты turn something round and round!
  2. вы turn something round and round! (formal, or all of you)

How to use крутить

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

  1. Present

    Кручу ручку, а окно не открывается.

    I'm turning the handle and the window won't open.

  2. Past

    Дети весь вечер крутили глобус и искали Бразилию.

    The children spent all evening spinning the globe looking for Brazil.

  3. Future

    Я буду крутить педали, а ты держи равновесие.

    I'll pedal and you keep your balance.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не крутила кран так сильно, сорвёшь.

    I wouldn't turn the tap so hard, you'll strip it.

  5. Imperative

    Крути медленнее, а то плёнка порвётся.

    Turn it more slowly or the film will tear.

Good to know

  • Крутить is to turn round and round: крутить ручку, крутить педали. Крутить фильм is to show a film, крутить роман, to have a fling.

Where you hear крутить

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

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Не крути так долго! Don't turn it so long!
  • Я крутил ключ минуту. I cranked the key for a minute.
  • Будешь крутить, зальёшь мотор. Keep cranking and you'll flood the engine.
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The Tent and the Car

Advanced Level 1 · Не крути так долго! Жди... Давай!

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.