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RUSSIAN VERB

умереть

to die

  • #177 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use умереть

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

  1. Past

    Мой дедушка умер, когда мне было десять.

    My grandfather died when I was ten.

  2. Future

    Если не полить цветы, они умрут за неделю.

    If we don't water the flowers, they'll die in a week.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы умерла со скуки на этой лекции.

    I'd have died of boredom at that lecture.

  4. Imperative

    Только не умри там от скуки без меня!

    Just don't die of boredom there without me!

Good to know

  • Умереть is the perfective of умирать: он умер is he died. In talk, умереть со скуки, от смеха is to die of boredom, of laughter.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.