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RUSSIAN VERB

жить

to live

  • #20 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use жить

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

  1. Present

    Я живу в Москве уже два месяца.

    I've been living in Moscow for two months now.

  2. Past

    Мы жили в деревне недалеко от Суздаля.

    We lived in a village not far from Suzdal.

  3. Future

    Летом я буду жить у друга.

    In summer I'll be living at a friend's.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы жила у моря всю жизнь.

    I'd live by the sea all my life.

  5. Imperative

    Живи здесь сколько хочешь, Катя.

    Live here as long as you like, Katya.

Good to know

  • Where you live takes в or на: живу в Москве, живу на Арбате.

Where you hear жить

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

Russian · Beginner Level 3

  • Я живу в Москве, у друга. I live in Moscow, at a friend's.
  • Я жила в деревне около Суздаля. I lived in a village near Suzdal.
  • Я буду жить около Арбата. I'll live near the Arbat.

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Я живу в Москве, у друга. I live in Moscow, at a friend's.
  • Я жила в деревне около Суздаля. I lived in a village near Suzdal.
  • Я буду жить около Арбата. I'll live near the Arbat.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.