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RUSSIAN VERB

течь

to flow, to run; to leak (of water, a tap, a roof)

  • #494 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use течь

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

  1. Present

    В ванной опять течёт кран.

    The tap in the bathroom is leaking again.

  2. Past

    Крыша текла всю весну, пока её не починили.

    The roof leaked all spring until it was fixed.

  3. Future

    Если не поменять трубу, она будет течь.

    If the pipe isn't changed, it'll leak.

  4. Conditional

    Вода текла бы быстрее, если бы трубу прочистили.

    The water would run faster if the pipe were cleared.

Good to know

  • Течь is for water that runs, and for what leaks: кран течёт, крыша течёт. The past is тёк, текла. Время течёт: time flows.

Where you hear течь

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • У меня на кухне течёт кран. My kitchen tap is leaking.
  • Вчера вода текла всю ночь. Yesterday the water ran all night.
  • Весной крыша опять будет течь. In spring the roof will leak again.
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Water Through the Ceiling

Advanced Level 2 · Нина Павловна, у меня течёт потолок. · Течёт? Я ничего не заметила.

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