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RUSSIAN VERB

скучать

to miss, to be bored

  • #442 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use скучать

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

  1. Present

    Я очень скучаю по родителям в Портленде.

    I really miss my parents in Portland.

  2. Past

    Дети скучали на даче без интернета.

    The kids were bored at the dacha without internet.

  3. Future

    Я буду скучать по тебе каждый день.

    I'll miss you every day.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы скучала по Москве, если бы уехала.

    I'd miss Moscow if I left.

  5. Imperative

    Не скучай, я вернусь через неделю.

    Don't miss me too much, I'll be back in a week.

Good to know

  • Скучать по кому-то is to miss someone: я скучаю по тебе. Alone, скучать is to be bored, though мне скучно is the usual way to say it.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.