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RUSSIAN VERB

посещать

to visit

  • #363 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use посещать

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

  1. Present

    Я посещаю курсы русского два раза в неделю.

    I attend Russian classes twice a week.

  2. Past

    В университете мы посещали все лекции.

    At university we attended all the lectures.

  3. Future

    Летом мы будем посещать музеи по вторникам.

    In summer we'll visit museums on Tuesdays.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы посещала бассейн чаще, но нет времени.

    I'd go to the pool more often, but there's no time.

  5. Imperative

    Посещайте занятия, иначе не сдадите экзамен.

    Attend the classes, or you won't pass the exam.

Good to know

  • Посещать is a formal visit: посещать музеи; посещать занятия is to attend classes. For dropping in on friends say ходить в гости.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.