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RUSSIAN VERB

висеть

to hang, to be hanging

  • #312 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use висеть

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

  1. Present

    Твоя куртка висит в прихожей.

    Your jacket is hanging in the hall.

  2. Past

    Над столом висела старая лампа.

    An old lamp hung over the table.

  3. Future

    Пусть ключи будут висеть у двери.

    Let the keys hang by the door.

  4. Conditional

    Здесь бы хорошо висела твоя фотография.

    Your photo would look good hanging here.

  5. Imperative

    Не виси на телефоне, ужин стынет.

    Don't hang on the phone, dinner's getting cold.

Good to know

  • Висеть is where a thing hangs: картина висит на стене; вешать is to hang it there. Висеть на телефоне is to be on the phone for ages.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.