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RUSSIAN VERB

смотреть

to look, to watch

  • #18 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use смотреть

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

  1. Present

    Вечером мы смотрим сериал всей семьёй.

    In the evening we watch a series as a family.

  2. Past

    Вчера я смотрела старый фильм.

    Yesterday I watched an old film.

  3. Future

    Завтра будем смотреть футбол у Димы.

    Tomorrow we'll watch the football at Dima's.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы смотрела на море часами.

    I could look at the sea for hours.

  5. Imperative

    Смотри, какая красивая птица на окне!

    Look, what a beautiful bird on the window!

Good to know

  • Смотреть на is to look at; смотреть фильм, to watch a film; Смотри! Look!

Where you hear смотреть

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Russian · Beginner Level 1

  • Я смотрю на машину. I'm looking at the car.
  • Мы смотрели на озеро. We were looking at the lake.
  • Я буду смотреть. I'll watch.

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Я смотрю на машину. I'm looking at the car.
  • Мы смотрели на озеро. We were looking at the lake.
  • Я буду смотреть. I'll watch.

And 6 more lessons.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.