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RUSSIAN VERB

писать

to write; in a studio, to record

  • #39 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use писать

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

  1. Present

    Я пишу тебе из поезда, связь плохая.

    I'm writing to you from the train, the signal's bad.

  2. Past

    Раньше я писал стихи каждый вечер.

    I used to write poems every evening.

  3. Future

    Мы будем писать вокал в пятницу.

    We'll record the vocals on Friday.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы писал чаще, если бы ты отвечала.

    I'd write more often if you replied.

  5. Imperative

    Пиши мне каждый день, как доедешь.

    Write to me every day once you get there.

Good to know

  • Писать is writing as it goes: я пишу письмо; написать is to finish it. In a studio, писать is to record. Stress the ending: писа́ть.

Where you hear писать

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Мы пишем. We're recording.
  • Вчера мы писали весь день. Yesterday we recorded all day.
  • В пятницу мы будем писать джаз. On Friday we'll record jazz.

Russian · Intermediate Level 3

  • Мы пишем. We're recording.
  • Вчера мы писали весь день. Yesterday we recorded all day.
  • В пятницу мы будем писать джаз. On Friday we'll record jazz.

And 1 more lessons.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.