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RUSSIAN VERB

тронуть

to touch

  • #483 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use тронуть

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

  1. Past

    Твоё письмо тронуло меня до слёз.

    Your letter moved me to tears.

  2. Future

    Я не трону твои вещи, обещаю.

    I won't touch your things, I promise.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы не тронула чужой телефон.

    I wouldn't touch someone else's phone.

  4. Imperative

    Не тронь кастрюлю, она горячая.

    Don't touch the pot, it's hot.

Good to know

  • Тронуть is to touch once: не тронь! It is also to move you: меня тронули его слова. Трогать is the imperfective.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.