Russian Grammar: Conjugation

Definition: The act of inflecting, that is, changing the form of, a verb; or the resulting word when a verb is inflected. All verbs in Russian, except for a small number of exceptional verbs, belong to one of verbal classes. Example of Conjugation Verb: ("to eat"- есть- *yestʹ*).

Russian Present Tense

Example:

• She eats an ice cream.
• она ест мороженое.
• • Ona yest morozhenoe*.

Russian Past Tense

Example:

• She ate an ice cream.
• она ела мороженое.
• • Ona yela morozhenoe.*

Russian Future Tense

Example:

• She will eat an ice cream.
• она будет есть мороженое.
• Ona budet yestʹ morozhenoe.

Russian Conditional

Example:

• She would eat an ice cream.
• она ела бы мороженое.
• • Ona yela by morozhenoe. **

Russian Imperative

**Example:**

• You eat an ice cream.
• ты ешь мороженое.
• • Ty yeshʹ morozhenoe*.