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RUSSIAN VERB

слушать

to listen, to listen to

  • #69 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use слушать

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

  1. Present

    По дороге на работу я слушаю музыку.

    On the way to work I listen to music.

  2. Past

    Вчера мы слушали старые пластинки.

    Yesterday we listened to old records.

  3. Future

    Я буду слушать тебя внимательно.

    I'll listen to you carefully.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы слушала джаз весь вечер.

    I'd listen to jazz all evening.

  5. Imperative

    Слушай, у меня есть идея.

    Listen, I have an idea.

Good to know

  • Слушать is to listen; слышать is to hear. Слушаю! is how some people answer the phone.

Where you hear слушать

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

Russian · Beginner Level 1

  • Дима слушает. Dima's listening.
  • Мы слушали джаз. We listened to jazz.
  • Я буду слушать. I'll listen.

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Дима слушает. Dima's listening.
  • Мы слушали джаз. We listened to jazz.
  • Я буду слушать. I'll listen.

And 1 more lessons.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.