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RUSSIAN VERB

сгореть

to burn out, to burn down (once)

  • #492 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use сгореть

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

  1. Past

    Я сгорел на пляже за один день.

    I got sunburnt at the beach in one day.

  2. Future

    Выключи утюг, иначе рубашка сгорит.

    Turn off the iron, or the shirt will burn.

  3. Conditional

    Без пожарных сгорела бы вся деревня.

    Without the firefighters the whole village would have burned down.

  4. Imperative

    Не сгори на солнце, возьми крем.

    Don't get burnt in the sun, take some cream.

Good to know

  • Сгореть is to burn down or burn out, once: дом сгорел, лампочка сгорела. Сгореть на солнце is to get sunburnt.

Where you hear сгореть

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Выключи, а то сгорит. Switch it off, or it will burn out.
  • Пульт сгорел. Рояль промок. The desk burned out. The piano got soaked.
  • Без воды дача сгорит. Without water the dacha will burn down.
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What Happened?

Intermediate Level 1 · Пульт сгорел. Рояль промок.

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