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RUSSIAN VERB

продолжаться

to go on, to last

  • #337 most used
  • Reflexive 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

How to use продолжаться

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

  1. Present

    Ремонт продолжается уже третий месяц.

    The renovation has been going on for three months now.

  2. Past

    Концерт продолжался почти три часа.

    The concert went on for almost three hours.

  3. Future

    Жара будет продолжаться всю неделю.

    The heat will go on all week.

  4. Conditional

    Отпуск продолжался бы вечно, если бы я могла.

    The holiday would go on forever if I had my way.

Good to know

  • Продолжаться is for the thing that goes on: дождь продолжается. Продолжать is to go on doing something yourself.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.