Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he started singing
- она she started singing
- оно it started singing
- они they started singing
RUSSIAN VERB
запеть
to start singing, to burst into song (once)
- Perfective verb
Conjugation
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Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will start singing
- ты you will start singing
- он, она, оно he/she will start singing
- мы we will start singing
- вы you all will start singing
- они they will start singing
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would start singing
- она she would start singing
- оно it would start singing
- они they would start singing
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты start singing!
- вы start singing! (formal, or all of you)
How to use запеть
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Past
Все вдруг запели, даже дедушка.
Everyone suddenly started singing, even Grandpa.
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Future
Ещё немного вина, и он запоёт.
A bit more wine and he'll burst into song.
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Conditional
Я бы запел, но не помню слов.
I'd start singing, but I don't remember the words.
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Imperative
Запой первым, а остальные подхватят.
Start singing first, and the others will join in.
Good to know
- За- in front of a verb starts the action: запеть, to start singing; заплакать, to burst into tears. Петь is to sing.
Where you hear запеть
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Fluency Level 2
- Запой, Сэм, ты же знаешь слова. Start singing, Sam, you know the words.
- Маша запела во сне. Masha started singing in her sleep.
- Через месяц оно запоёт соловьём. In a month it will sing like a nightingale.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.