Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I catch
- ты you catch
- он, она, оно he/she catches
- мы we catch
- вы you all catch
- они they catch
RUSSIAN VERB
ловить
to catch, to fish
- #183 most used
- Imperfective verb
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he caught
- она she caught
- оно it caught
- они they caught
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will catch
- ты you will catch
- он, она, оно he/she will catch
- мы we will catch
- вы you all will catch
- они they will catch
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would catch
- она she would catch
- оно it would catch
- они they would catch
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты catch!
- вы catch! (formal, or all of you)
How to use ловить
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Дядя Вова ловит рыбу каждое утро.
Uncle Vova fishes every morning.
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Past
В детстве мы ловили бабочек в саду.
As children we caught butterflies in the garden.
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Future
Завтра на рассвете будем ловить рыбу.
Tomorrow at dawn we'll go fishing.
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Conditional
Я бы ловила рыбу, если бы было тепло.
I'd fish if it were warm.
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Imperative
Лови мяч, я бросаю тебе!
Catch the ball, I'm throwing it to you!
Good to know
- Ловить рыбу is to fish; ловить такси, to hail a taxi; поймать is to catch, once.
Where you hear ловить
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Beginner Level 1
- Мы ловим рыбу. We're fishing.
- Мы ловили рыбу на озере. We were fishing on the lake.
- Завтра будем ловить рыбу. Tomorrow we'll go fishing.
Russian · Beginner Level 3
- Мы ловим рыбу. We're fishing.
- Мы ловили рыбу на озере. We were fishing on the lake.
- Завтра будем ловить рыбу. Tomorrow we'll go fishing.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.