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Arabic Russian Verb Conjugations
Complete conjugation tables for the 20 most essential Russian verbs. Each verb includes present tense, past tense (by gender), future tense, imperative forms, aspect pairs, and practical example sentences.
How Russian Verb Conjugation Works
Russian verbs belong to one of two conjugation classes (first and second), which determine their present-tense endings. However, the most distinctive feature of the Russian verb system is aspect: nearly every verb exists as an imperfective/perfective pair.
- Imperfective (НСВ) — describes ongoing, habitual, or repeated actions
- Perfective (СВ) — describes completed, one-time actions with a result
The past tense in Russian does not conjugate by person but instead agrees in gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) and number (singular, plural). The future tense of imperfective verbs is formed with буду + infinitive, while perfective verbs use their own conjugated forms for the future. Russian has no articles and often omits the verb "to be" in the present tense.
Tenses & Forms Covered
Present Tense
All 6 person forms (Настоящее время)
Past Tense
Masculine, feminine & plural (Прошедшее время)
Future Tense
Compound imperfective future (Будущее время)
Imperative
Informal (ты) & formal (вы) (Повелительное наклонение)
Aspect Pairs
Imperfective & perfective partners
Irregular & Mixed Verbs (4)
These verbs have irregular conjugation patterns or mix elements from both conjugation classes.
1st Conjugation Verbs (12)
First conjugation verbs use endings -у/-ю, -ешь, -ет, -ем, -ете, -ут/-ют in the present tense.
2nd Conjugation Verbs (4)
Second conjugation verbs use endings -у/-ю, -ишь, -ит, -им, -ите, -ат/-ят in the present tense.