Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I sing
- ты you sing
- он, она, оно he/she sings
- мы we sing
- вы you all sing
- они they sing
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he sang
- она she sang
- оно it sang
- они they sang
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will sing
- ты you will sing
- он, она, оно he/she will sing
- мы we will sing
- вы you all will sing
- они they will sing
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would sing
- она she would sing
- оно it would sing
- они they would sing
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты sing!
- вы sing! (formal, or all of you)
How to use петь
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Катя хорошо поёт, а я нет.
Katya sings well, and I don't.
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Past
На даче мы пели до трёх ночи.
At the dacha we sang until three in the morning.
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Future
На концерте дети будут петь «Ёлочку».
At the concert the kids will sing "The Little Fir Tree".
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Conditional
Я бы пела, но болит горло.
I'd sing, but my throat hurts.
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Imperative
Пойте громче, бабушка плохо слышит!
Sing louder, Grandma can't hear well!
Where you hear петь
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Beginner Level 2
- Я не пою. I don't sing.
- Дети пели. The children sang.
- Мы будем петь. We'll sing.
Russian · Fluency Level 1
- Я не пою. I don't sing.
- Дети пели. The children sang.
- Мы будем петь. We'll sing.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.