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RUSSIAN VERB

превращаться

to turn into, to become (something else)

  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use превращаться

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

  1. Present

    Кроватка превращается в стол, когда ребёнок вырастает.

    The cot turns into a desk when the child grows up.

  2. Past

    Мастерская превращалась в склад старых пианино.

    The workshop was turning into a warehouse of old pianos.

  3. Future

    Вечером кухня будет превращаться в кабинет.

    In the evening the kitchen will turn into a study.

  4. Conditional

    Без тебя квартира превращалась бы в бардак.

    Without you the flat would turn into a mess.

  5. Imperative

    Не превращайся в ворчуна, тебе всего тридцать.

    Don't turn into a grump, you're only thirty.

Good to know

  • Превращаться в кого-то, во что-то: what it becomes takes в with the accusative. Превратиться is once.

Where you hear превращаться

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Кроватка превращается в кровать. The cot turns into a bed.
  • Мастерская превращалась в склад. The workshop was turning into a warehouse.
  • Через год она будет превращаться в маленького человека. In a year she'll be turning into a little person.
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Enough for Us

Advanced Level 2 · Эта кроватка превращается в кровать до семи лет.

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