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RUSSIAN VERB

преподавать

to teach (a subject, at a school)

  • #284 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use преподавать

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

  1. Present

    Я преподаю английский в старших классах.

    I teach English in the senior classes.

  2. Past

    Мой дед сорок лет преподавал физику.

    My grandfather taught physics for forty years.

  3. Future

    С осени я буду преподавать в университете.

    From the autumn I'll be teaching at the university.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы преподавал музыку, если бы умел играть.

    I'd teach music if I could play.

  5. Imperative

    Преподавай так, чтобы детям было интересно.

    Teach so that the children find it interesting.

Good to know

  • Преподавать is to teach a subject: преподавать русский в школе. Учить кого-то is to teach a person; учиться is to study.

Where you hear преподавать

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

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Я преподаю фортепиано. I teach piano.
  • Я преподавала математику девятнадцать лет. I taught maths for nineteen years.
  • Вы будете преподавать с сентября. You'll teach from September.
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The Director Calls

Advanced Level 1 · Я настройщик, но преподавал.

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As a Tuner, Since Twenty Eighteen

Advanced Level 1 · Преподаю уже два года.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.