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RUSSIAN VERB

общаться

to communicate, to socialize

  • #238 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use общаться

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

  1. Present

    С родителями я общаюсь по видео каждое воскресенье.

    I talk to my parents by video every Sunday.

  2. Past

    В школе мы много общались, потом потерялись.

    At school we talked a lot, then lost touch.

  3. Future

    В Москве я буду общаться только по-русски.

    In Moscow I'll speak only Russian.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы общалась с ней чаще, но она занята.

    I'd talk to her more often, but she's busy.

  5. Imperative

    Общайся с людьми, язык сам придёт.

    Talk to people, the language will come by itself.

Good to know

  • Общаться с кем-то is to talk with someone, to keep in touch: мы общаемся. Пообщаться is a chat, once.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.