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RUSSIAN VERB

расти

to grow, to grow up

  • #175 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use расти

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

  1. Present

    Дети растут так быстро, не успеваешь заметить.

    Children grow so fast, you don't manage to notice.

  2. Past

    Я росла в деревне, у бабушки.

    I grew up in the village, at my grandmother's.

  3. Future

    Маша будет расти в Москве, с родителями.

    Masha will grow up in Moscow, with her parents.

  4. Conditional

    Помидоры росли бы лучше на солнце.

    The tomatoes would grow better in the sun.

  5. Imperative

    Расти большой и здоровой, Машенька!

    Grow up big and healthy, Mashenka!

Good to know

  • Расти is for children and plants: дети растут быстро. The past is irregular: рос, росла, росли. Вырасти is once: он вырос.

Where you hear расти

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

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Пусть растёт счастливой! May she grow up happy!
  • Катя росла на даче. Katya grew up at the dacha.
  • Маша будет расти в Москве. Masha will grow up in Moscow.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.