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RUSSIAN VERB

лечь

to lie down, to go to bed (once)

  • #114 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use лечь

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

  1. Past

    Вчера я лёг в час ночи и не выспался.

    Yesterday I went to bed at one and didn't get enough sleep.

  2. Future

    Сегодня я лягу пораньше, устала.

    Tonight I'll go to bed early, I'm tired.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы лёг на диван, но он занят котом.

    I'd lie down on the sofa, but the cat's got it.

  4. Imperative

    Ляг и полежи полчаса, тебе станет легче.

    Lie down and rest half an hour, you'll feel better.

Good to know

  • Лечь спать is to go to bed; лечь в больницу is to go into hospital. Its table is its own: лягу, ляжешь, лёг, легла, ляг. Ложиться is the imperfective.

Where you hear лечь

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 3

  • Я лягу рано. I'll go to bed early.
  • Папа лёг спать в десять. Dad went to bed at ten.
  • Мы ляжем после бани. We'll lie down after the banya.
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The Banya

Intermediate Level 3 · чтобы лёг

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