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RUSSIAN VERB

продолжать

to go on, to continue

  • #335 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use продолжать

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

  1. Present

    Я продолжаю учить русский каждый день.

    I go on learning Russian every day.

  2. Past

    Он продолжал играть, пока все не ушли.

    He went on playing until everyone had left.

  3. Future

    Мы будем продолжать разговор после обеда.

    We'll continue the conversation after lunch.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы продолжал бегать, но болит колено.

    I'd go on running, but my knee hurts.

  5. Imperative

    Продолжай, я тебя внимательно слушаю.

    Go on, I'm listening carefully.

Good to know

  • Продолжать takes the imperfective infinitive or a noun: продолжать работать, продолжать разговор. Продолжайте! is go on; продолжить is once.

Where you hear продолжать

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 3

  • Продолжайте, Сэм, я слушаю. Go on, Sam, I'm listening.
  • Он продолжал играть. He went on playing.
  • Я буду продолжать учить русский. I'll go on learning Russian.
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The Blessing

Intermediate Level 3 · Хорошо. Продолжайте.

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