Skip to content
fluentbyear

RUSSIAN VERB

замолчать

to fall silent

  • #197 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use замолчать

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

  1. Past

    Когда вошёл директор, все сразу замолчали.

    When the director came in, everyone went quiet at once.

  2. Future

    Он замолчит, как только включат музыку.

    He'll go quiet as soon as the music comes on.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы замолчал на твоём месте, пока не поздно.

    I'd stop talking if I were you, before it's too late.

  4. Imperative

    Замолчи на минуту, я не слышу врача.

    Be quiet for a minute, I can't hear the doctor.

Good to know

  • Замолчать is to go quiet, once: все замолчали; замолчи! is shut up, and rude. Молчать is to be silent.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.