Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I get married
- ты you get married
- он, она, оно he/she gets married
- мы we get married
- вы you all get married
- они they get married
RUSSIAN VERB
жениться
to get married, of a man
- #455 most used
- Reflexive verb
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he got married
- она she got married
- оно it got married
- они they got married
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will get married
- ты you will get married
- он, она, оно he/she will get married
- мы we will get married
- вы you all will get married
- они they will get married
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would get married
- она she would get married
- оно it would get married
- они they would get married
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты get married!
- вы get married! (formal, or all of you)
How to use жениться
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Мой друг женится на Оле в июне.
My friend is marrying Olya in June.
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Past
Брат женился рано, в двадцать два.
My brother got married early, at twenty-two.
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Future
Я не буду жениться, пока не найду работу.
I won't get married until I find a job.
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Conditional
Он бы женился на ней, но она уехала.
He'd have married her, but she left.
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Imperative
Женись на ней, она тебя любит.
Marry her, she loves you.
Good to know
- A man женится на ком-то, with на and the prepositional; a woman выходит замуж за кого-то. Жениться works for both aspects: он женился is he got married. Пожениться is for the couple.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.