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RUSSIAN VERB

резать

to cut, to slice

  • #226 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use резать

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

  1. Present

    Я режу лук и плачу.

    I'm cutting onions and crying.

  2. Past

    Бабушка резала картошку мелко, как всегда.

    Grandma cut the potatoes finely, as always.

  3. Future

    Я буду резать огурцы, а ты помидоры.

    I'll cut the cucumbers and you the tomatoes.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы резала быстрее, но нож тупой.

    I'd cut faster, but the knife is blunt.

  5. Imperative

    Режь колбасу тонко, как бабушка.

    Slice the sausage thin, like Grandma does.

Where you hear резать

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

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Я режу картошку. I'm cutting the potatoes.
  • Катя резала колбасу. Katya cut the sausage.
  • Я буду резать огурцы. I'll cut the cucumbers.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.