Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I burn
- ты you burn
- он, она, оно he/she burns
- мы we burn
- вы you all burn
- они they burn
RUSSIAN VERB
жечь
to burn (something)
- Imperfective verb
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he burned
- она she burned
- оно it burned
- они they burned
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will burn
- ты you will burn
- он, она, оно he/she will burn
- мы we will burn
- вы you all will burn
- они they will burn
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would burn
- она she would burn
- оно it would burn
- они they would burn
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты burn!
- вы burn! (formal, or all of you)
How to use жечь
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Весной здесь жгут старую траву.
In spring they burn the old grass here.
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Past
На Масленицу мы жгли чучело зимы.
At Maslenitsa we burned the effigy of winter.
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Future
Дядя Вова будет жечь листья в саду.
Uncle Vova will burn the leaves in the garden.
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Conditional
Я бы не жгла мусор так близко к дому.
I wouldn't burn rubbish so close to the house.
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Imperative
Не жги свечи рядом с ёлкой!
Don't burn candles next to the tree!
Good to know
- Жечь is to burn something; to be on fire is гореть: костёр горит.
Where you hear жечь
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Beginner Level 2
- Зиму жгут! They're burning winter!
- Вчера жгли чучело зимы. Yesterday they burned the effigy of winter.
- Вечером будем жечь костёр. In the evening we'll burn a bonfire.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.