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RUSSIAN VERB

уснуть

to fall asleep (one time)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use уснуть

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

  1. Past

    Ребёнок уснул только в полночь.

    The child fell asleep only at midnight.

  2. Future

    Я усну через минуту, так устал.

    I'll be asleep in a minute, I'm so tired.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы уснула раньше, но соседи шумели.

    I'd have fallen asleep earlier, but the neighbours were noisy.

  4. Imperative

    Не усни за рулём, открой окно.

    Don't fall asleep at the wheel, open the window.

Good to know

  • Уснуть and заснуть both mean to fall asleep; не могу уснуть is I can't get to sleep. Засыпать is the drifting off.

Where you hear уснуть

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 2

  • Я не могу уснуть. I can't fall asleep.
  • Я уснула в десять. I fell asleep at ten.
  • Я усну, не обижайся. I'll fall asleep, don't be offended.

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Я не могу уснуть. I can't fall asleep.
  • Я уснула в десять. I fell asleep at ten.
  • Я усну, не обижайся. I'll fall asleep, don't be offended.
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One Free Evening

Intermediate Level 2 · Я усну, не обижайся.

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A Baby in a Compartment

Advanced Level 3 · Укачивая её, я сам уснул. · Пообедав, она уснёт.

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