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RUSSIAN VERB

родиться

to be born

  • #179 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he was born
  2. она she was born
  3. оно it was born
  4. они they were born

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use родиться

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

  1. Past

    Я родился в Портленде, в Америке.

    I was born in Portland, in America.

  2. Future

    Ребёнок родится в конце мая.

    The baby will be born at the end of May.

  3. Conditional

    Если бы я родился здесь, говорил бы лучше.

    If I'd been born here, I'd speak better.

Good to know

  • Я родился, я родилась is how you say where and when you were born.

Where you hear родиться

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

Russian · Beginner Level 3

  • Там родилась я, там родилась моя мама. I was born there, and so was my mother.
  • Я родился в Портленде. I was born in Portland.
  • Ребёнок родится в мае. The baby will be born in May.

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Там родилась я, там родилась моя мама. I was born there, and so was my mother.
  • Я родился в Портленде. I was born in Portland.
  • Ребёнок родится в мае. The baby will be born in May.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.