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RUSSIAN VERB

заснуть

to fall asleep

  • #315 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use заснуть

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

  1. Past

    Я заснул в метро и проехал станцию.

    I fell asleep in the metro and missed my station.

  2. Future

    Выпей чай с мёдом, быстрее заснёшь.

    Drink tea with honey, you'll fall asleep faster.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы заснул, если бы не кофе.

    I'd fall asleep if it weren't for the coffee.

  4. Imperative

    Не засни за рулём, остановись и отдохни.

    Don't fall asleep at the wheel, stop and rest.

Good to know

  • Заснуть is once: я заснул в десять. Уснуть means the same; проснуться is to wake up.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.