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RUSSIAN VERB

сохнуть

to dry, to dry out

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use сохнуть

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

  1. Present

    Бельё сохнет на балконе, не снимай.

    The washing's drying on the balcony, don't take it in.

  2. Past

    Краска сохла два дня из-за дождя.

    The paint took two days to dry because of the rain.

  3. Future

    Обувь будет сохнуть до утра.

    The shoes will be drying till morning.

  4. Conditional

    Волосы сохли бы быстрее без шапки.

    My hair would dry faster without the hat.

Good to know

  • Сохнуть is drying as it goes: бельё сохнет; высохнуть is to be dry. Сохнуть по кому-то is to pine for someone. Past: сох, сохла.

Where you hear сохнуть

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Дерево сохнет от батарей. The wood dries out from the radiators.
  • Бельё сохло на балконе весь день. The washing was drying on the balcony all day.
  • Волосы будут сохнуть час. My hair will take an hour to dry.
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Why Pianos Go Out of Tune

Fluency Level 1 · Батареи. Проще говоря, дерево сохнет.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.