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RUSSIAN VERB

включать

to switch on, to turn on

  • #486 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use включать

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

  1. Present

    Зимой я включаю свет уже в четыре.

    In winter I switch the light on as early as four.

  2. Past

    Раньше мы включали радио каждое утро.

    We used to turn on the radio every morning.

  3. Future

    Отопление будут включать с пятнадцатого октября.

    They'll turn the heating on from the fifteenth of October.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не включал телевизор так громко.

    I wouldn't turn the TV on so loud.

  5. Imperative

    Не включай чайник, вода ещё горячая.

    Don't switch the kettle on, the water's still hot.

Good to know

  • Включать свет, телевизор, компьютер is to switch them on; выключать is to switch off; включить is once.

Where you hear включать

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Фонтаны включают в одиннадцать. They switch the fountains on at eleven.
  • Вчера фонтаны включали в десять. Yesterday they switched the fountains on at ten.
  • Я буду включать свет вечером. I'll switch the light on in the evenings.
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Forty Minutes on the Water

Intermediate Level 1 · Фонтаны включают в одиннадцать.

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