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RUSSIAN VERB

воспитывать

to raise, to bring up

  • #458 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use воспитывать

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

  1. Present

    Мы воспитываем сына без криков и наказаний.

    We're bringing up our son without shouting or punishments.

  2. Past

    Меня воспитывала бабушка, родители много работали.

    My grandmother raised me, my parents worked a lot.

  3. Future

    Мы будем воспитывать детей на двух языках.

    We'll bring up our children in two languages.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы воспитывал собаку строже.

    I'd train the dog more strictly.

  5. Imperative

    Воспитывай детей примером, а не словами.

    Bring up children by example, not words.

Good to know

  • Воспитывать детей is to bring up children, manners and all; растить is to raise them, feeding and clothing. Воспитать is the perfective.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.