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RUSSIAN VERB

звучать

to sound

  • #195 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use звучать

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

  1. Present

    После настройки рояль звучит совсем иначе.

    After tuning the grand sounds completely different.

  2. Past

    Твой голос по телефону звучал устало.

    Your voice sounded tired on the phone.

  3. Future

    В большом зале хор будет звучать лучше.

    In the big hall the choir will sound better.

  4. Conditional

    Это звучало бы смешно, если бы не было правдой.

    It would sound funny if it weren't true.

Good to know

  • Звучать is how a thing sounds: рояль звучит глухо; звучит неплохо is sounds good, of an idea too.

Where you hear звучать

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Пианино звучит ужасно. The piano sounds terrible.
  • Вчера рояль звучал лучше. Yesterday the grand sounded better.
  • После настройки будет звучать. After the tuning it will sound.

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Пианино звучит ужасно. The piano sounds terrible.
  • Вчера рояль звучал лучше. Yesterday the grand sounded better.
  • После настройки будет звучать. After the tuning it will sound.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.