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RUSSIAN VERB

собираться

to be going to, to intend; to get ready

  • #161 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

  1. я I am going to
  2. ты you are going to
  3. он, она, оно he/she is going to
  4. мы we are going to
  5. вы you all are going to
  6. они they are going to

Past

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

  1. он he was going to
  2. она she was going to
  3. оно it was going to
  4. они they were going to

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would be going to
  2. она she would be going to
  3. оно it would be going to
  4. они they would be going to

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты be going to!
  2. вы be going to! (formal, or all of you)

How to use собираться

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

  1. Present

    Я собираюсь уехать в пятницу вечером.

    I'm planning to leave on Friday evening.

  2. Past

    Мы собирались в кино, но устали.

    We were going to go to the cinema, but we got tired.

  3. Future

    Утром я буду собираться очень быстро.

    In the morning I'll get ready very quickly.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы собиралась дольше, если бы было время.

    I'd take longer getting ready if there was time.

  5. Imperative

    Собирайся быстрее, такси уже ждёт.

    Get ready quicker, the taxi's already waiting.

Good to know

  • With an infinitive it is to be going to, собираюсь уехать; with на it is to get ready for, собираюсь на работу.

Where you hear собираться

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

Russian · Beginner Level 3

  • Я собираюсь играть джаз в клубе. I'm going to play jazz in a club.
  • Мы собирались на дачу, но пошёл дождь. We were going to go to the dacha, but it rained.
  • Летом я буду собираться на работу в шесть. In summer I'll be getting ready for work at six.

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Я собираюсь играть джаз в клубе. I'm going to play jazz in a club.
  • Мы собирались на дачу, но пошёл дождь. We were going to go to the dacha, but it rained.
  • Летом я буду собираться на работу в шесть. In summer I'll be getting ready for work at six.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.