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RUSSIAN VERB

учить

to learn (a subject); to teach (someone)

  • #156 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use учить

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

  1. Present

    Я учу новые слова каждое утро.

    I learn new words every morning.

  2. Past

    Мама учила детей музыке двадцать лет.

    Mum taught children music for twenty years.

  3. Future

    Я буду учить тебя играть на пианино.

    I'll teach you to play the piano.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы учила испанский, но нет времени.

    I'd learn Spanish, but there's no time.

  5. Imperative

    Учи слова, завтра у тебя экзамен!

    Learn the words, you have an exam tomorrow!

Good to know

  • Учить русский is to learn Russian; учить детей is to teach children. Учиться is to study, to be a student.

Where you hear учить

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

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Я учу русский каждый день. I learn Russian every day.
  • Я учила детей тридцать лет. I taught children for thirty years.
  • Я буду тебя учить. I'll teach you.

Russian · Beginner Level 3

  • Я учу русский каждый день. I learn Russian every day.
  • Я учила детей тридцать лет. I taught children for thirty years.
  • Я буду тебя учить. I'll teach you.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.