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RUSSIAN VERB

тянуть

to pull, to drag (kept going)

  • #157 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use тянуть

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

  1. Present

    Собака тянет поводок, не могу удержать.

    The dog is pulling the lead, I can't hold it.

  2. Past

    Мы тянули лодку к берегу вдвоём.

    The two of us were dragging the boat to the shore.

  3. Future

    Не буду тянуть, скажу сразу: я уезжаю.

    I won't drag it out, I'll say it straight: I'm leaving.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не тянула с ответом, он ждёт.

    I wouldn't delay the answer, he's waiting.

  5. Imperative

    Тяни сильнее, дверь просто примёрзла.

    Pull harder, the door's just frozen shut.

Good to know

  • Тянуть is pulling that goes on: тянуть верёвку; тянуть время is to stall. Потянуть is to give a pull.

Where you hear тянуть

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

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Дед тянет репку. Grandpa pulls the turnip.
  • Мы тянули лодку на берег. We were pulling the boat onto the shore.
  • Маша будет тянуть тебя за руку. Masha will pull you by the hand.
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The Turnip

Fluency Level 2 · Тянет дед репку, вытянуть не может.

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The Fish That Got Away

Fluency Level 2 · Целых три кило! Тянул целый час.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.