Russian Verb: думать (To Think)
Written byAlina Sinitcyna
The verb думать “to think” is classified as an irregular verb in the Russian language, so you must carefully when you use it. When you use this verb you have to take account of plural or singular from of the subject of the tense. The verb думать “to think” is very versatile; therefore the following table below is going to help with the proper conjugation according to the tense.
Russian Verb Conjugator
| ImperfectiveAspect | Perfective Aspect | |
| Present Tense | ||
| 1st Person Singular | Думаю | |
| 2nd Person Singular | Думаешь | |
| 3rd Person Singular | Думает | |
| 1st Person Plural | Думаем | |
| 2nd Person Plural | Думаете | |
| 3rd Person Plural | Думают | |
| **Past Tense ** | ||
| Masculine | Думал | Подумал |
| Feminine | Думала | Подумала |
| Neuter | Думало | Подумало |
| Plural | Думали | Подумали |
| **Future Tense ** | ||
| 1st Person Singular | Буду Думать | Подумаю |
| 2nd Person Singular | Будешь Думать | Подумаешь |
| 3rd Person Singular | Будет Думать | Подумает |
| 1st Person Plural | Будем Думать | Подумаем |
| 2nd Person Plural | Будете Думать | Подумаете |
| 3rd Person Plural | Будут Думать | Подумают |
| **Command Form ** | ||
| Informal | Думай | Подумай |
| Formal | Думайте | Подумайте |
| Subjunctive Mood | ||
| Masculine | ду́мал бы | поду́мал бы |
| Feminine | ду́мала бы | поду́мала бы |
| Neuter | ду́мало бы | поду́мало бы |
| Plural | ду́мали бы | поду́мали бы |
| Derivatives | ||
| Present Active Participle | ду́мающий | |
| Past Active Participle | ду́мавший | поду́мавший |
| Present Passive Participle | ду́маемый | |
| Past Passive Participle | ||
| Verbal Adverb (Gerund) | ду́мая | поду́мав |
Sample sentences:
- I spend many hours thinking about you.
- Я трачу много часов думал о тебе.
- He thought about bringing his new bicycle to take this trip.
- Он думал, привезет свой новый велосипед, чтобы воспользоваться этой поездкой.
- Our Russian language teacher has thought about buying a new car.
- Наши учителя русского языка не подумал о покупке нового втомобиля.
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