Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I pick
- ты you pick
- он, она, оно he/she picks
- мы we pick
- вы you all pick
- они they pick
RUSSIAN VERB
собирать
to pick, to gather
- #307 most used
- Imperfective verb
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he picked
- она she picked
- оно it picked
- они they picked
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will pick
- ты you will pick
- он, она, оно he/she will pick
- мы we will pick
- вы you all will pick
- они they will pick
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would pick
- она she would pick
- оно it would pick
- они they would pick
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты pick!
- вы pick! (formal, or all of you)
How to use собирать
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Осенью мы собираем грибы в лесу.
In autumn we pick mushrooms in the forest.
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Past
Бабушка собирала малину всё утро.
Grandma was picking raspberries all morning.
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Future
В августе будем собирать яблоки на даче.
In August we'll be picking apples at the dacha.
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Conditional
Я бы собирала ягоды каждый день.
I'd pick berries every day.
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Imperative
Собирай только те грибы, которые знаешь.
Pick only the mushrooms you know.
Good to know
- Собирать грибы, собирать ягоды: picking in the forest is a national pastime. Собираться is to get ready, or to meet up.
Where you hear собирать
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Beginner Level 1
- Я собираю яблоки. I'm picking apples.
- Мы собирали огурцы. We were picking cucumbers.
- Завтра будем собирать помидоры. Tomorrow we'll pick tomatoes.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.