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RUSSIAN VERB

загорать

to sunbathe

  • #468 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use загорать

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

  1. Present

    Летом мы загораем на крыше, там никого нет.

    In summer we sunbathe on the roof, there's nobody there.

  2. Past

    Мы загорали у озера до самого вечера.

    We sunbathed by the lake till evening.

  3. Future

    В Сочи я буду только загорать и спать.

    In Sochi I'll do nothing but sunbathe and sleep.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы загорал под зонтом, солнце злое.

    I'd sunbathe under an umbrella, the sun is fierce.

  5. Imperative

    Не загорай в полдень, сгоришь.

    Don't sunbathe at noon, you'll burn.

Good to know

  • Загорать is to lie in the sun; загореть is to have got a tan: ты хорошо загорел. Загар is the tan itself.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.