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RUSSIAN VERB

засыпать

to fall asleep

  • #314 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

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 засыпать

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

  1. Present

    После смены я засыпаю за минуту.

    After a shift I fall asleep in a minute.

  2. Past

    Ребёнок засыпал только под музыку.

    The child would only fall asleep to music.

  3. Future

    Без тебя я буду засыпать позже.

    Without you I'll fall asleep later.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы засыпал раньше, но соседи шумят.

    I'd fall asleep earlier, but the neighbours are noisy.

  5. Imperative

    Засыпай, малыш, завтра рано вставать.

    Go to sleep, little one, we're up early tomorrow.

Good to know

  • Засыпа́ть, stressed on the end, is falling asleep; заснуть is once. The same letters stressed on сы, засы́пать, засыплю, is to cover with sand or sugar.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.