Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I talk
- ты you talk
- он, она, оно he/she talks
- мы we talk
- вы you all talk
- они they talk
RUSSIAN VERB
разговаривать
to talk, to converse
- #237 most used
- Imperfective verb
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he talked
- она she talked
- оно it talked
- они they talked
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will talk
- ты you will talk
- он, она, оно he/she will talk
- мы we will talk
- вы you all will talk
- они they will talk
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would talk
- она she would talk
- оно it would talk
- они they would talk
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты talk!
- вы talk! (formal, or all of you)
How to use разговаривать
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Мы часто разговариваем по телефону.
We often talk on the phone.
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Past
Мы разговаривали на кухне до двух часов.
We talked in the kitchen until two.
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Future
Дома мы будем разговаривать только по-русски.
At home we'll talk only in Russian.
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Conditional
Я бы разговаривала с ним по-другому.
I'd talk to him differently.
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Imperative
Не разговаривай с полным ртом.
Don't talk with your mouth full.
Good to know
- Разговаривать с кем-то о чём-то; for one finished talk, поговорить.
Where you hear разговаривать
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Beginner Level 3
- Не разговаривай! Don't talk!
- Мы разговаривали час. We talked for an hour.
- Будем разговаривать по-русски. We'll talk in Russian.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.