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RUSSIAN VERB

нести

to carry (on foot, one way)

  • #110 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use нести

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

  1. Present

    Куда ты несёшь эту ёлку?

    Where are you carrying that tree?

  2. Past

    Я нёс сумки, а Катя несла торт.

    I was carrying the bags and Katya was carrying the cake.

  3. Future

    Кто будет нести чемодан наверх?

    Who'll carry the suitcase upstairs?

  4. Conditional

    Я бы нёс сам, но у меня болит спина.

    I'd carry it myself, but my back hurts.

  5. Imperative

    Неси всё на кухню, я помогу.

    Carry everything to the kitchen, I'll help.

Good to know

  • Нести is carrying one way, right now; носить is carrying back and forth, or wearing.

Where you hear нести

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

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Я несу ёлку. I'm carrying the tree.
  • Мы несли ёлку наверх. We carried the tree upstairs.
  • Я буду нести ёлку. I'll carry the tree.

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Я несу ёлку. I'm carrying the tree.
  • Мы несли ёлку наверх. We carried the tree upstairs.
  • Я буду нести ёлку. I'll carry the tree.
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The Tree from the Dacha

Beginner Level 2 · Несите наверх. Мама ждёт.

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Four Flights Up

Advanced Level 1 · А куда нести лампу?

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The First Piano

Advanced Level 2 · Несите сюда, пожалуйста.

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The Scene and the Event

Fluency Level 2 · Тонкий нёс чемоданы, а толстый стоял.

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Axe Porridge

Fluency Level 2 · Она несёт соль, потом крупу, потом масло.

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How the Piano Came

Fluency Level 2 · А кто нёс на пятый этаж?

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Don't Sit on the Stump

Fluency Level 2 · Неси бабушке. И не открывай!

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