Russian reference
верить
to believe (imperfective)
Regular · 9 form tables
Includes aspect specific future forms, requests and conditional constructions. Stress marks are retained. Participles and verbal adverbs appear separately; a missing form is not supplied by this reference.
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Indicative
Present
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | I believe |
| ты | you believe |
| он / она / оно | he/she/it believes |
| мы | we believe |
| вы | you (plural) believe |
| они | they believe |
Past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | I believed |
| ты | you believed |
| он / она / оно | he/she/it believed |
| мы | we believed |
| вы | you (plural) believed |
| они | they believed |
Future
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | I will believe |
| ты | you will believe |
| он / она / оно | he/she/it will believe |
| мы | we will believe |
| вы | you (plural) will believe |
| они | they will believe |
Imperfective future
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | I will believe |
| ты | you will believe |
| он / она / оно | he/she/it will believe |
| мы | we will believe |
| вы | you (plural) will believe |
| они | they will believe |
Requests and wishes
Imperative
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ты | believe! |
| вы | believe! (plural) |
Let us
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| мы | let us believe (imperfective) |
Conditional
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | I would believe |
| ты | you would believe |
| он / она / оно | he/she/it would believe |
| мы | we would believe |
| вы | you (plural) would believe |
| они | they would believe |
So that / want someone to
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | so that I believe |
| ты | so that you believe |
| он / она / оно | so that he/she/it believe |
| мы | so that we believe |
| вы | so that you (plural) believe |
| они | so that they believe |
If … would
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | if I believe |
| ты | if you believe |
| он / она / оно | if he/she/it believe |
| мы | if we believe |
| вы | if you (plural) believe |
| они | if they believe |
Additional forms
Infinitive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| Form | to believe (imperfective) |
Present active participle
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| Form | one who is performing the action: to believe (imperfective) |
Past active participle
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| Form | one who was performing the action: to believe (imperfective) |
Simultaneous verbal adverb
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| Form | while performing the action: to believe (imperfective) |
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