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RUSSIAN VERB

лечить

to treat, to cure

  • #209 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use лечить

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

  1. Present

    Я лечу детей, взрослых принимает мой коллега.

    I treat children, my colleague sees the adults.

  2. Past

    Бабушка лечила простуду мёдом и малиной.

    Grandma treated colds with honey and raspberries.

  3. Future

    Зуб будем лечить в два приёма.

    We'll treat the tooth over two visits.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы лечил спину у врача, а не сам.

    I'd get my back treated by a doctor, not by myself.

  5. Imperative

    Лечи горло, иначе к пятнице не запоёшь.

    Treat your throat, or you won't be singing by Friday.

Good to know

  • Лечить кого-то от чего-то: the patient in the accusative, the illness after от. Вылечить is to cure for good; лечиться is to get treated.
  • Я лечу is both I treat and I fly (лететь); the rest of the sentence tells you which.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.