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RUSSIAN VERB

загадывать

to make a wish (the ongoing verb)

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

  1. он he made a wish
  2. она she made a wish
  3. оно it made a wish
  4. они they made a wish

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would make a wish
  2. она she would make a wish
  3. оно it would make a wish
  4. они they would make a wish

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты make a wish!
  2. вы make a wish! (formal, or all of you)

How to use загадывать

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

  1. Present

    Каждый Новый год я загадываю одно желание.

    Every New Year I make one wish.

  2. Past

    В детстве мы загадывали желания на падающую звезду.

    As children we made wishes on falling stars.

  3. Future

    Что ты будешь загадывать на день рождения?

    What will you wish for on your birthday?

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не загадывала наперёд, жизнь длинная.

    I wouldn't plan too far ahead, life is long.

  5. Imperative

    Загадывай желание и задувай свечи!

    Make a wish and blow out the candles!

Good to know

  • Загадывать желание is to make a wish, as the chimes strike or the candles go out; загадать is once. Загадывать загадку is to set a riddle; не загадывать наперёд, not to plan too far ahead.

Where you hear загадывать

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Каждый год я загадываю одно и то же. Every year I wish for the same thing.
  • В детстве мы загадывали желания под куранты. As children we made wishes to the chimes.
  • Я буду загадывать желание в полночь. I'll be making my wish at midnight.
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To the Old Year

Fluency Level 1 · Сэм, куранты! Загадывай желание.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.