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RUSSIAN VERB

шутить

to joke

  • #200 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use шутить

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

  1. Present

    Ты шутишь или говоришь серьёзно?

    Are you joking or are you serious?

  2. Past

    Папа всегда шутил за ужином, и мы смеялись.

    Dad always joked at dinner and we laughed.

  3. Future

    Я не буду шутить про твою маму, обещаю.

    I won't joke about your mum, I promise.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не шутила с врачом про диету.

    I wouldn't joke with the doctor about the diet.

  5. Imperative

    Не шути так, я правда испугался.

    Don't joke like that, I was really scared.

Good to know

  • Шутить над кем-то is to make fun of someone; я шучу is I'm joking. Пошутить is one joke made.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.