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делать (delat') means "to do / make" in Russian. Present: я (ya) делаю [delayu], ты (ty) делаешь [delayesh'], он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) делает [delayet], мы (my) делаем [delayem], вы (vy) делаете [delayete], они (oni) делают [delayut]. Below: all 9 tenses we teach, with examples.
Formed from the imperfective present stem plus personal endings (1st or 2nd conjugation). It covers habitual actions, general truths, and actions happening right now; perfective verbs have no present tense at all.
| я (ya) | делаю [delayu] |
| ты (ty) | делаешь [delayesh'] |
| он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) | делает [delayet] |
| мы (my) | делаем [delayem] |
| вы (vy) | делаете [delayete] |
| они (oni) | делают [delayut] |
Drop -ть from the infinitive and add -л (masculine), -ла (feminine), -ло (neuter) or -ли (plural), agreeing with the subject's gender and number, never with person. Describes an action that was ongoing, repeated, or habitual in the past, or simply names a past fact without stressing that it was completed — this single form covers what English splits into "simple past" and "was doing."
| я (ya) | делал / делала [delal / delala] |
| ты (ty) | делал / делала [delal / delala] |
| он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) | делал / делала / делало [delal / delala / delalo] |
| мы (my) | делали [delali] |
| вы (vy) | делали [delali] |
| они (oni) | делали [delali] |
Same -л/-ла/-ло/-ли formation, but on the perfective stem. Presents the action as a single completed event, usually with a result that still matters — this is the form that does the job of English's "present perfect" ("I have read it") as often as its simple past.
| я (ya) | сделал / сделала [sdelal / sdelala] |
| ты (ty) | сделал / сделала [sdelal / sdelala] |
| он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) | сделал / сделала / сделало [sdelal / sdelala / sdelalo] |
| мы (my) | сделали [sdelali] |
| вы (vy) | сделали [sdelali] |
| они (oni) | сделали [sdelali] |
Compound future: the future of быть (буду, будешь, будет, будем, будете, будут) plus the imperfective infinitive. Used for an action that will be ongoing, repeated, or habitual in the future, without saying whether it will be finished.
| я (ya) | буду делать [budu delat'] |
| ты (ty) | будешь делать [budesh' delat'] |
| он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) | будет делать [budet delat'] |
| мы (my) | будем делать [budem delat'] |
| вы (vy) | будете делать [budete delat'] |
| они (oni) | будут делать [budut delat'] |
Perfective verbs take the same personal endings as the present tense, but on the perfective stem, giving a one-word simple future. Describes a single action that will be completed.
| я (ya) | сделаю [sdelayu] |
| ты (ty) | сделаешь [sdelayesh'] |
| он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) | сделает [sdelayet] |
| мы (my) | сделаем [sdelayem] |
| вы (vy) | сделаете [sdelayete] |
| они (oni) | сделают [sdelayut] |
Бы + the imperfective past (-л/-ла/-ло/-ли) form. Used for general or repeated hypotheticals, polite wishes, and requests where completion isn't the point.
| я (ya) | делал / делала бы [delal / delala by] |
| ты (ty) | делал / делала бы [delal / delala by] |
| он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) | делал / делала / делало бы [delal / delala / delalo by] |
| мы (my) | делали бы [delali by] |
| вы (vy) | делали бы [delali by] |
| они (oni) | делали бы [delali by] |
Бы + the perfective past form. Used for a single hypothetical action seen as completed — the closest match to English's "would have done."
| я (ya) | сделал / сделала бы [sdelal / sdelala by] |
| ты (ty) | сделал / сделала бы [sdelal / sdelala by] |
| он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) | сделал / сделала / сделало бы [sdelal / sdelala / sdelalo by] |
| мы (my) | сделали бы [sdelali by] |
| вы (vy) | сделали бы [sdelali by] |
| они (oni) | сделали бы [sdelali by] |
Ты/вы forms come from the present/future stem plus -й/-йте (or -и/-ите after a consonant cluster); мы uses давай(те) + infinitive or the perfective 1st-plural future; the 3rd persons use пусть + present/future.
| я (ya) | — |
| ты (ty) | делай [delay] |
| он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) | пусть делает [pust' delayet] |
| мы (my) | давайте сделаем [davayte sdelayem] |
| вы (vy) | делайте [delayte] |
| они (oni) | пусть делают [pust' delayut] |
Не + the same forms, almost always built on the imperfective aspect (не читай, not не прочитай) even when the corresponding affirmative command would be perfective — a perfective negative instead warns against an accidental action (не забудь, "don't forget"), which is a separate, narrower use not covered here.
| я (ya) | — |
| ты (ty) | не делай [ne delay] |
| он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) | пусть не делает [pust' ne delayet] |
| мы (my) | давайте не будем делать [davayte ne budem delat'] |
| вы (vy) | не делайте [ne delayte] |
| они (oni) | пусть не делают [pust' ne delayut] |
| Что ты делаешь? Chto ty delayesh'? | What are you doing? |
| Я сделаю это завтра. Ya sdelayu eto zavtra. | I will do this tomorrow. |
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