RUSSIAN VERB

стирать

to wash clothes; to erase

Conjugation

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Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

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

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

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

Present

Я стираю бельё раз в неделю, в воскресенье.

I do the laundry once a week, on Sunday.
Past

Раньше бабушка стирала всё руками в тазу.

Grandma used to wash everything by hand in a basin.
Future

Шерсть буду стирать руками, в машинке она сядет.

I'll wash the wool by hand, it'll shrink in the machine.
Conditional

Я бы стирал реже, но у сына футбол.

I'd do laundry less often, but my son plays football.
Imperative

Не стирай красное с белым, всё порозовеет.

Don't wash red with white, everything will turn pink.

Стирать is washing clothes, not dishes (that is мыть). Постирать is once; стереть is to erase, to wipe off.

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.