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RUSSIAN VERB

наступать

to come, to arrive (of a day or a season; the ongoing verb)

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use наступать

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

  1. Present

    Осень наступает, по утрам уже холодно.

    Autumn is coming, it's cold in the mornings now.

  2. Past

    Вечер наступал медленно, как всегда летом.

    Evening came on slowly, as always in summer.

  3. Future

    Весна будет наступать шаг за шагом.

    Spring will come step by step.

  4. Conditional

    Лето наступало бы раньше, если бы мы жили южнее.

    Summer would come earlier if we lived further south.

Good to know

  • Наступает весна, наступает ночь: a season or a time of day comes; наступить is once. Наступить на ногу is to step on a foot.

Where you hear наступать

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Понедельник наступает, а фильма нет. Monday comes, and there's no film.
  • Весна наступала поздно в тот год. Spring was coming late that year.
  • Скоро будет наступать весна. Spring will soon be on its way.
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Dima's Camera

Fluency Level 1 · С того, который никогда не наступает. Мечтать не вредно.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.