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RUSSIAN VERB

ставить

to put, to set down, to stand something

  • #144 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use ставить

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

  1. Present

    Я всегда ставлю чайник, когда прихожу домой.

    I always put the kettle on when I get home.

  2. Past

    Мы ставили ёлку каждый год в декабре.

    We put up a tree every year in December.

  3. Future

    Кроватку мы будем ставить у окна.

    We'll put the cot by the window.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не ставил пианино у батареи.

    I wouldn't put the piano next to the radiator.

  5. Imperative

    Ставь сумки на пол, не на стол.

    Put the bags on the floor, not on the table.

Good to know

  • Ставить is to put something so it stands: ставить чайник, ставить вазу на стол; класть is to lay it flat. Поставить is once.

Where you hear ставить

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Ставь медленно, не бросай. Set it down slowly, don't drop it.
  • Я ставил инструменты у стены. I used to put the instruments by the wall.
  • Будем ставить на колёсики. We'll be setting it on castors.
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The First Piano

Advanced Level 2 · Ставь. Медленно.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.