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RUSSIAN VERB

развивать

to develop

  • #387 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use развивать

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

  1. Present

    Музыка развивает слух у детей.

    Music develops children's hearing.

  2. Past

    Я годами развивал слух на настройке роялей.

    I developed my ear over years of tuning pianos.

  3. Future

    Мы будем развивать клинику постепенно, без спешки.

    We'll develop the clinic gradually, without rushing.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы развивал бизнес медленнее, но надёжнее.

    I'd grow the business more slowly but more surely.

  5. Imperative

    Развивай словарный запас, читай каждый день.

    Build your vocabulary, read every day.

Good to know

  • Развивать память, слух, бизнес is to develop them, in the accusative. Развить is once.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.