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RUSSIAN VERB

ругаться

to swear, to quarrel

  • #435 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use ругаться

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

  1. Present

    Соседи сверху ругаются каждый вечер.

    The neighbours upstairs row every evening.

  2. Past

    Мы ругались из-за того, кто моет посуду.

    We argued about who does the dishes.

  3. Future

    Я не буду ругаться, просто объясни.

    I won't shout, just explain.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не ругался при детях.

    I wouldn't swear in front of the children.

  5. Imperative

    Не ругайся, они всё слышат.

    Don't swear, they can hear everything.

Good to know

  • Ругаться is to swear and to row: ругаться с соседями; ругаться матом is to use bad language. Ругать is to tell someone off.

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