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RUSSIAN VERB

носить

to wear, to carry about

  • #99 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use носить

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

  1. Present

    Зимой я ношу шапку и шарф.

    In winter I wear a hat and a scarf.

  2. Past

    В школе мы носили форму, как все.

    At school we wore a uniform, like everyone.

  3. Future

    Маша будет носить платья своей старшей сестры.

    Masha will wear her big sister's dresses.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы носила очки, но в линзах удобнее.

    I'd wear glasses, but contacts are more comfortable.

  5. Imperative

    Носи с собой паспорт, здесь часто проверяют.

    Carry your passport with you, they check often here.

Good to know

  • Носить is to wear as a habit (она носит очки) and to carry about with no one direction (носить ребёнка на руках); нести is one trip one way. Its first person is ношу.

Where you hear носить

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

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Я ношу двое часов. I wear two watches.
  • Зимой я носил шапку. In winter I wore a hat.
  • Маша будет носить это платье летом. Masha will wear this dress in summer.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.