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RUSSIAN VERB

ждать

to wait, to wait for

  • #36 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use ждать

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

  1. Present

    Я жду тебя у входа в метро.

    I'm waiting for you at the metro entrance.

  2. Past

    Мы ждали автобус почти полчаса.

    We waited for the bus almost half an hour.

  3. Future

    Я буду ждать твоего звонка.

    I'll be waiting for your call.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы ждала, но уже поздно.

    I'd wait, but it's late already.

  5. Imperative

    Жди меня здесь, я быстро.

    Wait for me here, I'll be quick.

Good to know

  • Ждать takes what you wait for directly: ждать автобус, ждать маму.

Where you hear ждать

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

Russian · Beginner Level 1

  • Игорь ждёт. Igor's waiting.
  • Мы ждали вас дома. We were waiting for you at home.
  • Я буду ждать в кафе. I'll be waiting in the cafe.

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Игорь ждёт. Igor's waiting.
  • Мы ждали вас дома. We were waiting for you at home.
  • Я буду ждать в кафе. I'll be waiting in the cafe.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.