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RUSSIAN VERB

ржать

to neigh; in slang, to roar with laughter

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use ржать

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

  1. Present

    Лошадь ржёт, когда видит хозяина.

    The horse neighs when it sees its owner.

  2. Past

    Мы ржали до слёз над старыми фотографиями.

    We howled with laughter at the old photos.

  3. Future

    Друзья будут ржать, когда узнают.

    My friends will howl when they find out.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы тоже ржала, если бы не было так больно.

    I'd be roaring too if it didn't hurt so much.

  5. Imperative

    Не ржи, это было страшно.

    Don't laugh, it was scary.

Good to know

  • Ржать is what a horse does; among friends it is to roar with laughter. With anyone older, say смеяться. Its table: ржу, ржёшь.

Where you hear ржать

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Ржу не могу. I'm dying laughing.
  • Весь зал ржал. The whole room was roaring.
  • Над этим ржать будут год. People will laugh at that for a year.
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Sam's First Joke

Fluency Level 1 · Ржу не могу. Честно. Почти.

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