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RUSSIAN VERB

работать

to work

  • #28 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use работать

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

  1. Present

    Я работаю в банке в центре.

    I work at a bank in the centre.

  2. Past

    Папа работал на заводе тридцать лет.

    Dad worked at a factory for thirty years.

  3. Future

    В воскресенье я не буду работать.

    On Sunday I won't be working.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы работал дома, если бы мог.

    I'd work from home if I could.

  5. Imperative

    Не работай так много, отдохни.

    Don't work so much, have a rest.

Good to know

  • Работать кем-то is to work as: Я работаю врачом. Магазин не работает: the shop is closed.

Where you hear работать

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

Russian · Beginner Level 1

  • Я работаю! I'm working!
  • Я работала в школе. I worked at a school.
  • В субботу я буду работать. On Saturday I'll be working.

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Я работаю! I'm working!
  • Я работала в школе. I worked at a school.
  • В субботу я буду работать. On Saturday I'll be working.

And 11 more lessons.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.