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RUSSIAN VERB

убегать

to run away

  • #407 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use убегать

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

  1. Present

    Молоко убегает, скорее выключи плиту!

    The milk's boiling over, quick, turn off the stove!

  2. Past

    В детстве я убегал с уроков музыки.

    As a child I used to skip out of music lessons.

  3. Future

    Кот будет убегать, пока ты его ловишь.

    The cat will keep running away as long as you chase it.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не убегал от разговора, лучше решить.

    I wouldn't run away from the conversation, better to settle it.

  5. Imperative

    Не убегай, я ещё не договорила.

    Don't run off, I haven't finished talking.

Good to know

  • Убегать is to run off, as a habit or as it goes: кот убегает от детей. Убежать is once. Молоко убегает: the milk is boiling over.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.