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RUSSIAN VERB

умирать

to die; in exaggeration, to be dying of hunger, cold, laughter

  • #178 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

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 умирать

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

  1. Present

    Я умираю с голоду, где здесь кафе?

    I'm starving, where's a café around here?

  2. Past

    Мы умирали со смеху над его рассказом.

    We were dying of laughter at his story.

  3. Future

    Без кондиционера мы будем умирать от жары.

    Without air conditioning we'll be dying of heat.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы умирал от скуки на такой работе.

    I'd die of boredom in a job like that.

  5. Imperative

    Не умирай от жажды, вот вода.

    Don't die of thirst, here's some water.

Good to know

  • Умирать is dying as it goes, and the everyday exaggeration: умираю с голоду, умираю от скуки. Умереть is the perfective.

Where you hear умирать

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Я умираю, хочу есть. I'm dying, I want to eat.
  • Мы умирали со смеху. We were dying of laughter.
  • Без чая я буду умирать весь вечер. Without tea I'll be dying all evening.
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An Elephant in a China Shop

Fluency Level 1 · Я умираю. Перерыв?

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