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RUSSIAN VERB

мёрзнуть

to be cold, to freeze

  • #466 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

  1. он he was cold
  2. она she was cold
  3. оно it was cold
  4. они they were cold

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use мёрзнуть

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

  1. Present

    Я мёрзну в этой квартире даже в свитере.

    I'm cold in this flat even in a sweater.

  2. Past

    Мы мёрзли на остановке целых полчаса.

    We were freezing at the bus stop a full half hour.

  3. Future

    В палатке ты будешь мёрзнуть, возьми второй спальник.

    In the tent you'll be cold, take a second sleeping bag.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не мёрзла, если бы надела шерстяные носки.

    I wouldn't be cold if I'd put on wool socks.

  5. Imperative

    Не мёрзни на улице, заходи в дом.

    Don't stand freezing outside, come into the house.

Good to know

  • Мёрзнуть is to be cold, as a person: я мёрзну, у меня мёрзнут руки. Its past drops the -ну-: он мёрз, она мёрзла. Замёрзнуть is to have got frozen through.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.