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RUSSIAN VERB

становиться

to become

  • #59 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use становиться

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

  1. Present

    Дни становятся короче, скоро зима.

    The days are getting shorter, winter's coming soon.

  2. Past

    С каждым годом он становился спокойнее.

    Every year he became calmer.

  3. Future

    Твой русский будет становиться лучше с каждым днём.

    Your Russian will get better every day.

  4. Conditional

    Без практики я бы становилась только хуже.

    Without practice I'd only get worse.

  5. Imperative

    Не становись таким серьёзным, это шутка.

    Don't get so serious, it's a joke.

Good to know

  • What you become is in the instrumental: становиться врачом. Становится холодно: it's getting cold. Стать is the perfective.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.