Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I argue
- ты you argue
- он, она, оно he/she argues
- мы we argue
- вы you all argue
- они they argue
RUSSIAN VERB
спорить
to argue
- Imperfective verb
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he argued
- она she argued
- оно it argued
- они they argued
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will argue
- ты you will argue
- он, она, оно he/she will argue
- мы we will argue
- вы you all will argue
- они they will argue
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would argue
- она she would argue
- оно it would argue
- они they would argue
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты argue!
- вы argue! (formal, or all of you)
How to use спорить
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Мы с мужем вечно спорим из-за пульта.
My husband and I are forever arguing over the remote.
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Past
Они спорили о политике до двух ночи.
They argued about politics till two in the morning.
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Future
Я не буду спорить, пусть будет по-твоему.
I won't argue, have it your way.
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Conditional
Я бы не спорил с бабушкой о рецепте борща.
I wouldn't argue with Grandma about the borscht recipe.
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Imperative
Не спорь со мной, просто попробуй.
Don't argue with me, just try it.
Good to know
- Спорить с кем-то о чём-то is to argue with someone about something. Спорим? is wanna bet?, and поспорить is to make the bet.
Where you hear спорить
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Intermediate Level 2
- Они всегда спорят. They always argue.
- Мы спорили весь вечер. We argued all evening.
- Я не буду спорить. I won't argue.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.