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RUSSIAN VERB

терять

to lose (keep losing, the ongoing verb)

  • #185 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты lose!
  2. вы lose! (formal, or all of you)

How to use терять

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

  1. Present

    Я вечно теряю перчатки в метро.

    I'm forever losing gloves on the metro.

  2. Past

    Он терял ключи так часто, что сделал пять копий.

    He lost his keys so often that he made five copies.

  3. Future

    Без навигатора мы будем терять время на каждом повороте.

    Without the satnav we'll waste time at every turn.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не терял надежду, ещё не вечер.

    I wouldn't lose hope, it's not over yet.

  5. Imperative

    Не теряй чек, вдруг придётся вернуть.

    Don't lose the receipt, in case you have to return it.

Good to know

  • Терять is losing as a habit or as it goes; потерять is once. Терять время is to waste time; не теряй голову, keep your head.

Where you hear терять

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

Russian · Fluency Level 3

  • Он вечно теряет ключи. He's forever losing his keys.
  • Я терял паспорт два раза. I lost my passport twice.
  • Без списка ты будешь терять время. Without a list you'll be wasting time.
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Fluency Level 3 · Не надо. Карту не мочите и не теряйте.

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