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RUSSIAN VERB

мыться

to wash oneself

  • #215 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use мыться

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

  1. Present

    По утрам я моюсь холодной водой.

    In the mornings I wash in cold water.

  2. Past

    На даче мы мылись в бане по субботам.

    At the dacha we washed in the banya on Saturdays.

  3. Future

    Будешь мыться первым, я ещё не доела.

    You'll wash first, I haven't finished eating.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы мылся дольше, но вода быстро остывает.

    I'd wash longer, but the water cools down fast.

  5. Imperative

    Мойся быстрее, нам выходить через десять минут.

    Wash quickly, we leave in ten minutes.

Good to know

  • Мыться is to wash yourself; мыть is to wash something. Помыться is once.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.