Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he fell ill
- она she fell ill
- оно it fell ill
- они they fell ill
RUSSIAN VERB
заболеть
to fall ill (once)
- #208 most used
- Perfective verb
Conjugation
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Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will fall ill
- ты you will fall ill
- он, она, оно he/she will fall ill
- мы we will fall ill
- вы you all will fall ill
- они they will fall ill
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would fall ill
- она she would fall ill
- оно it would fall ill
- они they would fall ill
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты fall ill!
- вы fall ill! (formal, or all of you)
How to use заболеть
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Past
Сын заболел, и я осталась дома.
My son fell ill and I stayed home.
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Future
Без шарфа ты заболеешь, на улице минус десять.
Without a scarf you'll get sick, it's minus ten outside.
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Conditional
Я бы не заболела, если бы оделась теплее.
I wouldn't have got sick if I'd dressed warmer.
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Imperative
Не заболей перед отпуском, береги себя.
Don't get sick before the holiday, look after yourself.
Good to know
- Заболеть is to fall ill: я заболел, I've got sick. У меня заболела голова: my head started to hurt.
Where you hear заболеть
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Intermediate Level 1
- Не заболей! Don't fall ill!
- Однажды бабушка заболела на даче. One day grandmother fell ill at the dacha.
- Без шапки вы заболеете. Without a hat you'll fall ill.
Russian · Intermediate Level 2
- Не заболей! Don't fall ill!
- Однажды бабушка заболела на даче. One day grandmother fell ill at the dacha.
- Без шапки вы заболеете. Without a hat you'll fall ill.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.