Past Tense of Russian Verbs

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 Past Tense
 Past Tense – to be
 Prepositional Case – plurals & adjectives
 Verbs to go: идти - ходить, ехать -ездить
 Accusative Case – places
 Modes of Transportation
Меня зовут ______________________
Past Tense of Russian Verbs
Forming the past tense in Russian is…EASY!
No, I’m not even joking!! (ура ура!)
Step 1: Drop the ___________ from the infinitive.
Step 2: Add the following endings:
Masculine
Feminine
Plural
 Plural subject pronouns include ______, ______(even the formal
version), and _______.
 __________ always agrees with the gender of the person being
addressed.
Let’s fill out the chart with the past tense of these verbs:
знать
читать
жить
говорить
Masc
Fem
Plural
Reflexive verbs: the “ся” changes to “сь” in the fem and plural forms.
Example: Oн занимался. Она надеялась. Они старались.
Exceptions…(of course there are exceptions!)
1st conjugation “ё” variation verbs ending in “вать” , drop the whole
ending!
1. Давать – to give дал, дала, дали
2. Вставать –
3. Преподавать –
Быть = to be, but more like…not to be...
EXCEPT IN THE PAST!!!!!!
As you know, there is no present tense version of
the verb “to be”. However, there is a past tense
version! No more caveman talk! 
“To be” in the past tense = __________________
**Remember that the verb “to be” can only be followed by
adjectives or locations! Not other _____________!
Masculine
Neuter
Feminine
Plural
Боб в школе. Vs. Боб был в школе.
Анна смешная. Vs. Анна была смешная.
Oкно тяжёлое. Vs. Окно было тяжёлое.
Мои друзья на пляже.
Vs. Мои друзья были на пляже.
Translate the following sentences:
1. The man was happy when he was at home.
2. The woman was working in the garden.
Грамматика –PREPOSITIONAL CASE…continued
As you know, the prepositional case is often referred to as the “locative
case” because it denotes WHERE something is located.
в/во = to, at, in (во is only used before words that begin with two
consonants if the first consonant is в or ф. Во Флориде, во Франции,
во Владивостоке.)
Question word:
=
на = on, sometimes at
It can also be used when talking ABOUT someone or something.
о, об = about (об before a vowel sound)
Question words:
=
=
Review:
в/на/o + noun with the following endings…
Singular only
Masc
Neuter
Fem
Add е
Change “o” to e
Change “a & я” to e
Change “ь” to e
Change “ь” to и
Change “й” to e

Never write “ие” as the last two letters in the prepositional case. Write “ии” instead.
Nominative
Prepositional
Калифорния
в Калифорнии
 Foreign words ending in “о, и, у” do not change in the prepositional case.
Nominative
Prepositional
Колорадо
в Колопадо
Making nouns plural in the prepositional case.
Nominative
Consonant
O
A
Й
Ь (masc)
E
Я
Ь (fem)
Singular Prepositional Plural Prepositional
Add/change to “ e”
Change to:
ие - ии
Change to “e”
Change to:
Change to “и”
Change to:
Change “ие – ии”
Change to :
Try these places in the prepositional plural:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
in the factories
in the stores
in the hotels
in the train stations
at the squares
in the museums
in the post offices
in the apartments
Making adjectives plural in the prepositional case.
Replace the adjectival ending with the following:
Masc/Neuter
Feminine
ом
ой
Hard (ый, ой)
Plural
ый = ых
новый
большой
Soft (ий)
В новом
В большом
В новой
В большой
ой = их
В новых
В больших
ем
ей
их
синий
Spelling rules
В синем
В синей
В синих
ем
ей
их
В хорошем
В хорошей
В хороших
хороший
Modifiers change too!
Masc
Neuter
Fem
Plural
Nominative
мой, наш
чей, этот
моё, наше, моя, наша, мои, наши,
чьё, это
чья, эта
чьи, эти
Prepos.
в моём
нашем
чьём
этом
в моём
нашем
чьём
этом
в моей
нашей
чьей
этой
в моих
наших
чьих
этих