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RUSSIAN VERB

заканчиваться

to come to an end

  • #333 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

  1. я I come to an end
  2. ты you come to an end
  3. он, она, оно he/she comes to an end
  4. мы we come to an end
  5. вы you all come to an end
  6. они they come to an end

Past

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

  1. он he came to an end
  2. она she came to an end
  3. оно it came to an end
  4. они they came to an end

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would come to an end
  2. она she would come to an end
  3. оно it would come to an end
  4. они they would come to an end

How to use заканчиваться

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

  1. Present

    У нас заканчивается молоко, купи по дороге.

    We're running out of milk, buy some on the way.

  2. Past

    Лето заканчивалось, а мы никуда не съездили.

    Summer was ending and we hadn't gone anywhere.

  3. Future

    Приём будет заканчиваться в восемь.

    Surgery hours will be ending at eight.

  4. Conditional

    Деньги бы не заканчивались так быстро без такси.

    Money wouldn't run out so fast without taxis.

Good to know

  • Заканчиваться is for the thing that ends: фильм заканчивается в десять. У нас заканчивается хлеб: we're running out of bread.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.