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RUSSIAN VERB

знать

to know

  • #5 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use знать

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

  1. Present

    Ты знаешь, где здесь хорошее кафе?

    Do you know where there's a good cafe here?

  2. Past

    Я не знал, что ты из Москвы.

    I didn't know you were from Moscow.

  3. Future

    Завтра мы будем знать результат.

    Tomorrow we'll know the result.

  4. Conditional

    Если бы я знал, я бы позвонил.

    If I'd known, I'd have called.

  5. Imperative

    Знай, что я всегда рядом.

    Know that I'm always near.

Good to know

  • Знать is to know a fact or a person; уметь is to know how to do something.

Where you hear знать

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

Russian · Beginner Level 1

  • Я не знаю. I don't know.
  • Я знал, что ты музыкант. I knew you were a musician.
  • Завтра мы будем знать. Tomorrow we'll know.

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Я не знаю. I don't know.
  • Я знал, что ты музыкант. I knew you were a musician.
  • Завтра мы будем знать. Tomorrow we'll know.

And 11 more lessons.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.