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RUSSIAN VERB

укачивать

to rock (a baby) to sleep

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

  1. он he rocked to sleep
  2. она she rocked to sleep
  3. оно it rocked to sleep
  4. они they rocked to sleep

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would rock to sleep
  2. она she would rock to sleep
  3. оно it would rock to sleep
  4. они they would rock to sleep

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты rock to sleep!
  2. вы rock to sleep! (formal, or all of you)

How to use укачивать

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

  1. Present

    Каждый вечер я укачиваю Машу на руках.

    Every evening I rock Masha to sleep in my arms.

  2. Past

    Бабушка укачивала её и пела колыбельную.

    Grandma rocked her and sang a lullaby.

  3. Future

    Сегодня я буду укачивать, а ты отдыхай.

    Tonight I'll do the rocking, and you rest.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не укачивала её так долго, пусть привыкает.

    I wouldn't rock her so long, let her get used to it.

  5. Imperative

    Укачивай её тихо, без телевизора.

    Rock her quietly, without the TV.

Good to know

  • Укачивать ребёнка is rocking a baby until it sleeps; укачать is once. It is also what a bus or a boat does to you: меня укачивает в машине, I get carsick.

Where you hear укачивать

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

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Я укачиваю Машу каждый вечер. I rock Masha to sleep every evening.
  • Бабушка укачивала её целый час. Grandma rocked her for a whole hour.
  • Сегодня я буду укачивать её. Tonight I'll rock her to sleep.
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A Baby in a Compartment

Advanced Level 3 · укачивая её

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