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RUSSIAN VERB

пугать

to scare

  • #429 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use пугать

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

  1. Present

    Ты пугаешь меня такими словами.

    You're scaring me with words like that.

  2. Past

    В детстве меня пугали темнотой в подвале.

    As a child they used to scare me with the dark in the cellar.

  3. Future

    Собака будет пугать детей, если её не привязать.

    The dog will scare the kids if it isn't tied up.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не пугал кота пылесосом.

    I wouldn't scare the cat with the vacuum cleaner.

  5. Imperative

    Не пугай бабушку своими новостями.

    Don't frighten Grandma with your news.

Good to know

  • Пугать кого-то is to scare someone; испугать is once; пугаться is to be scared. Меня это пугает: that scares me.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.