Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- it dawns
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- it dawned
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- it will dawn
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- it would dawn
How to use светать
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Летом здесь светает в три часа ночи.
In summer it gets light here at three in the morning.
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Past
Когда мы вернулись с рыбалки, уже светало.
When we got back from fishing it was already getting light.
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Future
Будет светать позже, зима близко.
It'll get light later, winter is near.
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Conditional
Светало бы раньше, если бы не тучи.
It would get light earlier if it weren't for the clouds.
Good to know
- Светает is it's getting light, with no subject; рассвести is once: уже рассвело. The noun is рассвет, the dawn.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.