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RUSSIAN VERB

опускать

to lower (ongoing)

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use опускать

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

  1. Present

    Вечером мы опускаем шторы и включаем лампу.

    In the evening we lower the blinds and switch on the lamp.

  2. Past

    Он опускал голову каждый раз, когда врал.

    He lowered his head every time he lied.

  3. Future

    Пианино будем опускать очень медленно, на ремнях.

    We'll lower the piano very slowly, on straps.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не опускал руки после первой неудачи.

    I wouldn't give up after the first failure.

  5. Imperative

    Опускай ведро осторожно, колодец глубокий.

    Lower the bucket carefully, the well is deep.

Good to know

  • Опускать is to lower or to let down, as it goes on: опускать шторы; опустить is once. Опускать руки is to give up.

Where you hear опускать

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

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Опускай медленно. Lower it slowly.
  • Мы опускали столб вдвоём. The two of us were lowering the pole.
  • Опускать будем вместе. We'll lower it together.
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The Tent and the Car

Advanced Level 1 · Готово. Опускай медленно.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.