Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I smoke
- ты you smoke
- он, она, оно he/she smokes
- мы we smoke
- вы you all smoke
- они they smoke
RUSSIAN VERB
курить
to smoke
- #212 most used
- Imperfective verb
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he smoked
- она she smoked
- оно it smoked
- они they smoked
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will smoke
- ты you will smoke
- он, она, оно he/she will smoke
- мы we will smoke
- вы you all will smoke
- они they will smoke
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would smoke
- она she would smoke
- оно it would smoke
- они they would smoke
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты smoke!
- вы smoke! (formal, or all of you)
How to use курить
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Я не курю и не пью.
I don't smoke and I don't drink.
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Past
Мой дед курил трубку после обеда.
My grandad smoked a pipe after lunch.
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Future
Я больше не буду курить, обещаю.
I won't smoke any more, I promise.
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Conditional
Я бы не курил в машине.
I wouldn't smoke in the car.
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Imperative
Не кури на кухне, пожалуйста.
Don't smoke in the kitchen, please.
Good to know
- Здесь не курят, with no subject, is the sign: no smoking here.
Where you hear курить
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Beginner Level 3
- Я не курю. I don't smoke.
- Игорь курил десять лет. Igor smoked for ten years.
- Я больше не буду курить. I won't smoke any more.
Russian · Intermediate Level 2
- Я не курю. I don't smoke.
- Игорь курил десять лет. Igor smoked for ten years.
- Я больше не буду курить. I won't smoke any more.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.