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RUSSIAN VERB

есть

to eat

  • #10 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use есть

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

  1. Present

    По утрам я ем кашу с ягодами.

    In the mornings I eat porridge with berries.

  2. Past

    Вчера мы ели блины с мёдом.

    Yesterday we ate pancakes with honey.

  3. Future

    Что мы будем есть на ужин?

    What are we going to eat for dinner?

  4. Conditional

    Я бы ела только фрукты в такую жару.

    I'd eat only fruit in this heat.

  5. Imperative

    Ешь суп, пока он горячий.

    Eat your soup while it's hot.

Good to know

  • Есть is also "there is": у меня есть. Don't mix it up with ем, I eat.

Where you hear есть

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

Russian · Beginner Level 1

  • Сэм ест блины. Sam is eating pancakes.
  • Вчера мы ели пельмени. Yesterday we ate dumplings.
  • Завтра будем есть борщ. Tomorrow we'll eat borscht.

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Сэм ест блины. Sam is eating pancakes.
  • Вчера мы ели пельмени. Yesterday we ate dumplings.
  • Завтра будем есть борщ. Tomorrow we'll eat borscht.

And 8 more lessons.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.