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RUSSIAN VERB

заключаться

to be concluded (of a contract)

  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

  1. он he was concluded
  2. она she was concluded
  3. оно it was concluded
  4. они they were concluded

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use заключаться

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

  1. Present

    Договор заключается на одиннадцать месяцев.

    The contract is concluded for eleven months.

  2. Past

    Раньше такие сделки заключались на словах.

    Such deals used to be made by word of mouth.

  3. Future

    Новый договор будет заключаться уже с другой фирмой.

    The new contract will be concluded with a different firm.

  4. Conditional

    Если бы не кризис, договор заключался бы на пять лет.

    If it weren't for the crisis, the contract would be concluded for five years.

Good to know

  • Договор заключается на год: the contract is concluded for a year. Заключаться в is also to consist in: проблема заключается в деньгах.

Where you hear заключаться

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Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Договор заключается на год. The contract is concluded for a year.
  • Договор заключался на год и продлевался. The contract was concluded for a year and extended.
  • Новый договор будет заключаться в августе. The new contract will be concluded in August.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.