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RUSSIAN VERB

ломать

to break

  • #378 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use ломать

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

  1. Present

    Сын ломает все игрушки за неделю.

    My son breaks all his toys within a week.

  2. Past

    Рабочие ломали старую стену весь день.

    The workers were knocking down the old wall all day.

  3. Future

    Мы будем ломать перегородку, будет шумно.

    We'll be knocking down the partition, it'll be noisy.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не ломала голову, спроси у врача.

    I wouldn't rack my brains, ask the doctor.

  5. Imperative

    Не ломай карандаши, они мне нужны.

    Don't break the pencils, I need them.

Good to know

  • Ломать is to break something: ломать игрушки; сломать is once. Ломать голову над чем-то is to rack your brains over it.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.