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Regular Past Tense Formation and Agreement

Learn how to form the regular past tense in Russian using gender and number endings, express negation, and anchor past events with common time expressions.

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Lesson#1
In Russian, talking about the past is straightforward. Unlike the present tense, past verbs do not change their endings for each person. Instead, they simply change to match the grammatical gender and number of the subject.
Lesson#2
To form the past tense for a masculine subject, drop the infinitive suffix Т Ь and add the letter Л. For example, 'работать' becomes 'работал', and 'говорить' becomes 'говорил'. 'Он работал' means 'He worked'.
Quiz#3
Translate into Russian: 'He worked.'

Он работал

Quiz#4
Speaking as a man, translate into Russian: 'I worked.'

Я работал

Quiz#5
Translate into Russian: 'He spoke.'

Он говорил

Lesson#6
The word for 'yesterday' is 'вчера'. The past masculine form of 'делать' is 'делал'. When speaking to a male friend, you can ask 'Что ты делал вчера?', which means 'What did you do yesterday?'.

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