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RUSSIAN VERB

заплакать

to start crying, to burst into tears (once)

  • #443 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he started crying
  2. она she started crying
  3. оно it started crying
  4. они they started crying

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would start crying
  2. она she would start crying
  3. оно it would start crying
  4. они they would start crying

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты start crying!
  2. вы start crying! (formal, or all of you)

How to use заплакать

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

  1. Past

    Маша заплакала, как только мы вышли из дома.

    Masha started crying as soon as we left the house.

  2. Future

    Не говори так громко, а то он заплачет.

    Don't talk so loud or he'll start crying.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы заплакала от радости, честное слово.

    I'd have cried for joy, honestly.

  4. Imperative

    Только не заплачь на сцене, держись.

    Just don't burst into tears on stage, hold on.

Good to know

  • За- in front of a verb starts the action: заплакать, to burst into tears; засмеяться, to burst out laughing. Плакать is crying as it goes on.

Where you hear заплакать

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Не шуми, а то она заплачет. Don't make noise, or she'll start crying.
  • Она ни разу не заплакала. She didn't cry once.
  • Сейчас заплачет. She's about to cry.
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Maria in Church, Masha at Home

Advanced Level 3 · Она ни разу не заплакала.

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