Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I suffer
- ты you suffer
- он, она, оно he/she suffers
- мы we suffer
- вы you all suffer
- они they suffer
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he suffered
- она she suffered
- оно it suffered
- они they suffered
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will suffer
- ты you will suffer
- он, она, оно he/she will suffer
- мы we will suffer
- вы you all will suffer
- они they will suffer
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would suffer
- она she would suffer
- оно it would suffer
- они they would suffer
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты suffer!
- вы suffer! (formal, or all of you)
How to use страдать
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Бабушка страдает от боли в коленях.
Grandma suffers from pain in her knees.
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Past
Летом мы страдали от жары без кондиционера.
In summer we suffered from the heat without air conditioning.
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Future
Без очков ты будешь страдать весь фильм.
Without your glasses you'll suffer through the whole film.
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Conditional
Я бы не страдал, а просто вызвал врача.
I wouldn't suffer, I'd just call a doctor.
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Imperative
Не страдай молча, скажи, что болит.
Don't suffer in silence, say what hurts.
Good to know
- Страдать от чего-то is to suffer from it: страдать от жары. Пострадать is to be hurt, once: в аварии никто не пострадал.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.