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RUSSIAN VERB

наглеть

to get cheeky, to push one's luck

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

  1. он he got cheeky
  2. она she got cheeky
  3. оно it got cheeky
  4. они they got cheeky

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would get cheeky
  2. она she would get cheeky
  3. оно it would get cheeky
  4. они they would get cheeky

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use наглеть

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

  1. Present

    Ты наглеешь, это уже третья просьба за день.

    You're pushing it, that's the third request today.

  2. Past

    Сосед наглел всё лето и ставил машину у наших ворот.

    The neighbour got cheekier all summer, parking at our gate.

  3. Future

    Если молчать, он будет наглеть дальше.

    If we say nothing, he'll keep pushing his luck.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не наглел, нам ещё здесь жить.

    I wouldn't push it, we still have to live here.

  5. Imperative

    Не наглей, одна конфета, и хватит.

    Don't push your luck, one sweet and that's it.

Good to know

  • Не наглей is don't push your luck; обнаглеть is to have gone too far.

Where you hear наглеть

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Лёха наглеет с каждым годом. Lyokha gets cheekier every year.
  • Я не наглел, я просил своё. I wasn't pushing my luck, I was asking for what's mine.
  • Не наглей, а то будем играть бесплатно. Don't push your luck, or we'll be playing for free.
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The Fee

Fluency Level 1 · Полтинник. И не наглей.

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