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RUSSIAN VERB

останавливать

to stop something

  • #340 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use останавливать

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

  1. Present

    Полиция останавливает машины у моста.

    The police are stopping cars by the bridge.

  2. Past

    Меня никто не останавливал, я сама ушла.

    Nobody stopped me, I left by myself.

  3. Future

    Я не буду тебя останавливать, решай сам.

    I won't stop you, decide for yourself.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не останавливала ребёнка, пусть бегает.

    I wouldn't stop the child, let him run around.

  5. Imperative

    Не останавливай меня, я должен это сказать.

    Don't stop me, I have to say this.

Good to know

  • Останавливать is to stop something or someone: останавливать машину; остановить is once. To stop yourself is останавливаться.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.