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RUSSIAN VERB

уставать

to get tired

  • #320 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use уставать

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

  1. Present

    Я устаю от шума большого города.

    I get tired of the noise of the big city.

  2. Past

    После дежурств я уставала так, что не ела.

    After night shifts I'd be so tired I didn't eat.

  3. Future

    Ты будешь меньше уставать, если выспишься.

    You'll get less tired if you get enough sleep.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы меньше уставала без ночных смен.

    I'd get less tired without night shifts.

  5. Imperative

    Не уставай слишком, оставь силы на вечер.

    Don't tire yourself out, save some energy for the evening.

Good to know

  • Уставать от чего-то is to get tired of it; устать is once: я устал, I'm tired.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.