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RUSSIAN VERB

закончиться

to come to an end

  • #334 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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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 закончиться

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

  1. Past

    Фильм закончился, а мы всё сидели.

    The film ended, and we just kept sitting there.

  2. Future

    Дождь закончится к вечеру, обещают.

    The rain will end by evening, they promise.

  3. Conditional

    Встреча закончилась бы раньше без твоих вопросов.

    The meeting would have ended earlier without your questions.

Good to know

  • Закончиться is once: фильм закончился. Деньги закончились: the money ran out. Заканчиваться is the imperfective.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.