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RUSSIAN VERB

стоить

to cost

  • #265 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use стоить

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

  1. Present

    Сколько стоит билет до Казани?

    How much is a ticket to Kazan?

  2. Past

    Раньше хлеб стоил двадцать рублей.

    Bread used to cost twenty rubles.

  3. Future

    Ремонт будет стоить очень дорого.

    The repairs will cost a lot.

  4. Conditional

    Такая квартира стоила бы миллионы.

    A flat like that would cost millions.

Good to know

  • Сколько стоит? is how much is it?; сколько стоят? for more than one thing.
  • Не стоит is don't mention it, or it isn't worth it.

Where you hear стоить

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

Russian · Beginner Level 1

  • Сколько стоит хлеб? How much is the bread?
  • Пирожок стоил тридцать рублей. The pie cost thirty rubles.
  • Билет будет стоить сто рублей. The ticket will cost a hundred rubles.

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Сколько стоит хлеб? How much is the bread?
  • Пирожок стоил тридцать рублей. The pie cost thirty rubles.
  • Билет будет стоить сто рублей. The ticket will cost a hundred rubles.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.