Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I rest
- ты you rest
- он, она, оно he/she rests
- мы we rest
- вы you all rest
- они they rest
RUSSIAN VERB
отдыхать
to rest, to have a rest
- #192 most used
- Imperfective verb
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he rested
- она she rested
- оно it rested
- они they rested
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will rest
- ты you will rest
- он, она, оно he/she will rest
- мы we will rest
- вы you all will rest
- они they will rest
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would rest
- она she would rest
- оно it would rest
- они they would rest
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты rest!
- вы rest! (formal, or all of you)
How to use отдыхать
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
По воскресеньям мы отдыхаем всей семьёй на даче.
On Sundays the whole family rests at the dacha.
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Past
Летом мы отдыхали на Байкале две недели.
In summer we holidayed on Baikal for two weeks.
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Future
В отпуске я буду только отдыхать и спать.
On holiday I'll do nothing but rest and sleep.
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Conditional
Я бы отдыхал чаще, но работы много.
I'd rest more often, but there's a lot of work.
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Imperative
Отдыхай, я сама помою посуду.
Have a rest, I'll wash the dishes myself.
Good to know
- Отдыхать is also to be on holiday: мы отдыхали в Сочи. Отдохнуть is once: отдохни!
Where you hear отдыхать
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Advanced Level 3
- Сэм отдыхает, не буди его. Sam is resting, don't wake him.
- Я отдыхал два часа. I rested for two hours.
- На даче мы будем отдыхать. At the dacha we'll rest.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.