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RUSSIAN VERB

спускаться

to go down, to come down

  • #475 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use спускаться

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

  1. Present

    Я спускаюсь, подожди меня у подъезда.

    I'm coming down, wait for me at the entrance.

  2. Past

    Мы спускались с горы почти три часа.

    We were coming down the mountain for almost three hours.

  3. Future

    Будем спускаться по лестнице, лифт не работает.

    We'll go down by the stairs, the lift isn't working.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы спускалась медленнее, тут скользко.

    I'd go down more slowly, it's slippery here.

  5. Imperative

    Спускайся, такси уже ждёт внизу.

    Come down, the taxi's already waiting below.

Good to know

  • Спускаться is going down, by stairs, lift or path: спускаться к реке. Спуститься is once; подниматься is the opposite.

Where you hear спускаться

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

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Спускаясь, он шепчет. Going down, he whispers.
  • Мы спускались к реке. We were going down to the river.
  • Будем спускаться к озеру медленно. We'll go down to the lake slowly.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.