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RUSSIAN VERB

рождаться

to be born (again and again, as a rule)

  • #180 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

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 рождаться

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

  1. Present

    В нашем роддоме каждый день рождаются десять детей.

    In our maternity hospital ten babies are born every day.

  2. Past

    У бабушки в деревне дети рождались дома.

    In Grandma's village, children were born at home.

  3. Future

    Говорят, скоро будут рождаться одни девочки.

    They say soon only girls will be born.

  4. Conditional

    Если бы дети рождались по расписанию, было бы проще.

    If babies were born on schedule, it would be easier.

Good to know

  • Рождаться is being born as a rule or over time: дети рождаются ночью; родиться is one birth: я родился в мае.

Where you hear рождаться

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Дети рождаются, когда хотят. Children are born when they want to.
  • Раньше дети рождались дома. In the old days children were born at home.
  • В мае будут рождаться майские дети. In May, May children will be born.
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A Bad Omen

Advanced Level 2 · Врачи тоже рождаются. Накрой её простынёй.

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