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RUSSIAN VERB

мечтать

to dream of, to daydream (the ongoing verb)

  • #191 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use мечтать

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

  1. Present

    Я мечтаю о доме у моря.

    I dream of a house by the sea.

  2. Past

    В школе я мечтал стать лётчиком.

    At school I dreamed of being a pilot.

  3. Future

    Буду мечтать об отпуске всю зиму.

    I'll be dreaming of my holiday all winter.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы мечтал поменьше и делал побольше.

    I'd dream less and do more.

  5. Imperative

    Мечтай смелее, ты всё можешь.

    Dream bigger, you can do anything.

Good to know

  • Мечтать о чём-то is to dream of something, awake; what you dream in your sleep is видеть сон. Мечтать не вредно: no harm in dreaming.

Where you hear мечтать

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Я мечтаю снять фильм. I dream of making a film.
  • В детстве я мечтал о рояле. As a child I dreamed of a grand piano.
  • Мечтай дальше. Dream on.
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Dima's Camera

Fluency Level 1 · Мечтать не вредно.

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