Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I melt
- ты you melt
- он, она, оно he/she melts
- мы we melt
- вы you all melt
- они they melt
RUSSIAN VERB
таять
to melt, to thaw
- #498 most used
- Imperfective verb
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he melted
- она she melted
- оно it melted
- они they melted
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will melt
- ты you will melt
- он, она, оно he/she will melt
- мы we will melt
- вы you all will melt
- они they will melt
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would melt
- она she would melt
- оно it would melt
- они they would melt
How to use таять
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Снег тает, на улице сплошные лужи.
The snow's melting, the streets are all puddles.
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Past
Мороженое таяло быстрее, чем мы его ели.
The ice cream melted faster than we could eat it.
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Future
Лёд на реке будет таять до апреля.
The ice on the river will be melting till April.
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Conditional
Масло бы таяло медленнее в холодильнике.
The butter would melt more slowly in the fridge.
Good to know
- Таять is for snow, ice and ice cream; растаять is once: снег растаял. Its present is таю, тает: на улице тает, it's thawing outside.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.