Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I wash
- ты you wash
- он, она, оно he/she washes
- мы we wash
- вы you all wash
- они they wash
RUSSIAN VERB
мыть
to wash
- #213 most used
- Imperfective verb
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he washed
- она she washed
- оно it washed
- они they washed
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will wash
- ты you will wash
- он, она, оно he/she will wash
- мы we will wash
- вы you all will wash
- они they will wash
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would wash
- она she would wash
- оно it would wash
- они they would wash
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты wash!
- вы wash! (formal, or all of you)
How to use мыть
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Я мою посуду, Дима вытирает.
I'm washing the dishes, Dima's drying.
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Past
Вчера я мыл окна три часа.
Yesterday I washed the windows for three hours.
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Future
Кто будет мыть посуду после ужина?
Who'll wash the dishes after dinner?
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Conditional
Я бы мыл пол, но нет воды.
I'd wash the floor, but there's no water.
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Imperative
Мой руки, обед уже готов!
Wash your hands, lunch is ready!
Good to know
- Мыть is to wash things or hands; мыться is to wash yourself; clothes are стирать.
Where you hear мыть
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Beginner Level 2
- Я мою руки. I'm washing my hands.
- Я мыл картошку. I washed the potatoes.
- Я буду мыть яблоки. I'll wash the apples.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.