Verb conjugator

Russian verb conjugation tables

Type any Russian verb, or pick one of 16 common ones, and see it fully conjugated in the present, past and future, for every person. The built-in verbs are the ones you meet first and use most, regular and irregular.

Quick answer

Russian verb conjugation is how a verb changes its ending, and sometimes its stem, to match the subject and the tense. This free tool lays out full tables for 16 of the most common Russian verbs across 3 core tenses. Pick a verb like читать (to read) or быть (to be), or type any Russian verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing читать (to read) · imperfective

читать

to read imperfective
Настоящее (Present)
я читаю
ты читаешь
он/она/оно читает
мы читаем
вы читаете
они читают
Прошедшее (Past)
он читал
она читала
оно читало
они читали
Будущее (Future)
я буду читать
ты будешь читать
он/она/оно будет читать
мы будем читать
вы будете читать
они будут читать

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How Russian conjugation works

To conjugate a verb is to change its form to show who is doing the action (the subject) and when (the tense). In each table above, the subject runs down the left and the matching form sits beside it, across 3 core tenses: Настоящее (Present), Прошедшее (Past), Будущее (Future).

Verbs split into regular and irregular. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern you can apply to thousands of others once you learn it; the badge on each verb names its type (imperfective for читать, for example). Irregular verbs like быть (to be) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

You do not learn these by staring at the grid. You learn them by meeting them, over and over, in real sentences until the pattern feels obvious. That is what reading does, and it is what reading in Lingo7 is built for: open a real book in Russian, tap any verb form to see its meaning, and the conjugations start to stick on their own.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate Russian verbs?

To conjugate a Russian verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take читать (to read): in the я form it is читаю now, читал in the past, and буду читать in the future. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern by ending; irregular ones you learn one at a time. This tool shows the full table for each.

What are the most common Russian verbs?

The most common Russian verbs include читать (to read), писать (to write), говорить (to speak), делать (to do, to make), знать (to know), жить (to live), идти (to go (on foot)), быть (to be). These high-frequency verbs are also the most irregular in most languages, which is why they are worth drilling first. This tool has full present, past and future tables for all 16.

Is Russian verb conjugation hard?

Russian conjugation takes practice but follows clear rules. Regular verbs are predictable once you learn the endings; the real work is the handful of very common irregular verbs and knowing which tense to use. Russian is FSI Category III, about 1100 hours to professional proficiency. The fastest way to make the forms automatic is to meet them again and again in real sentences, which is what reading does.

How many tenses does Russian have?

These three, Настоящее (Present), Прошедшее (Past), Будущее (Future), are the core of everyday Russian and the right place to start. Real Russian also uses other moods and aspects (and, in most languages, extra compound tenses), but they build on the same stems and personal endings you see in these tables.