бежать / побежать conjugation in Russian – to Run

Written by Ari Helderman | Last updated: January 29, 2025 min read

Down below you find the table of conjugations for the verbs бежать / побежать. In English the translation means ‘to run’.

бежать / побежать conjugation in Russian

 Imperfective
Aspect
 
Perfective
Aspect
 
   
   
Infinitive Formбежатьпобежать
   
Present Tense  
я – 1st Person Singularбегу 
ты – 2nd Person Singularбежишь 
он/она/оно – 3rd Person Singularбежит 
мы – 1st Person Pluralбежим 
вы – 2nd Person Pluralбежите 
они – 3rd Person Pluralбегут 
   
Past Tense  
он – Masculineбегалпобегал
она – Feminineбегалапобегала
оно – Neuterбегалопобегало
они/мы/вы – Pluralбегалипобегали
Future Tense  
я – 1st Person Singularбуду      бежатьпобегу
ты – 2nd Person Singularбудешь  бежатьпобежишь
он/она/оно – 3rd Person Singularбудет     бежатьпобежит
мы – 1st Person Pluralбудем    бежатьпобежим
вы – 2nd Person Pluralбудете   бежатьпобежите
они – 3rd Person Pluralбудут     бежатьпобегут
   
Imperative Form  
ты – Informalбегипобеги
вы – Politeбегитепобегите

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