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RUSSIAN VERB

лезть

to climb

  • #477 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use лезть

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

  1. Present

    Куда ты лезешь, стремянка шатается!

    Where are you climbing, the stepladder's wobbling!

  2. Past

    Кот лез на шкаф и свалил книги.

    The cat climbed onto the wardrobe and knocked the books down.

  3. Future

    Я не буду лезть в их спор.

    I won't get involved in their argument.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не лез на крышу в дождь.

    I wouldn't climb onto the roof in the rain.

  5. Imperative

    Не лезь в воду, течение сильное.

    Don't go into the water, the current is strong.

Good to know

  • Лезть is to climb or squeeze into somewhere, one way: лезть на дерево, лезть в окно. Не лезь! is keep out of it, hands and nose alike.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.