Skip to content
fluentbyear

RUSSIAN VERB

выбирать

to choose

  • #274 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use выбирать

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

  1. Present

    Мы выбираем подарок для твоей мамы уже час.

    We've been choosing a present for your mum for an hour.

  2. Past

    Я долго выбирала между педиатрией и хирургией.

    I chose for a long time between paediatrics and surgery.

  3. Future

    Фильм сегодня будешь выбирать ты.

    You'll choose the film tonight.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы выбирала квартиру ближе к метро.

    I'd choose a flat closer to the metro.

  5. Imperative

    Выбирай любой торт, я плачу.

    Pick any cake, I'm paying.

Good to know

  • Выбирать is choosing as it goes: мы ещё выбираем, we're still choosing. Выбрать is the choice made; выбор is the choice itself.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.