Non-past forms of irregular verbs

Russian grammar --> Non-past forms of irregular verbs

In Russian, there are only a few truly irregular verbs. They depart in various ways from regular conjugation patterns. Verbs хотеть to want and бежать to run have characteristics of both first and second conjugation, and are also called verbs of mixed conjugation. Verbs быть to be, есть to eat and дать to give have archaic non-past forms which should be memorized.

The table below demonstrates non-past forms* of these verbs. Note that other verbs derived from these ones by means of a prefix will have similar non-past forms.


Person хотеть
 бежать
 дать
 есть
 быть
 ехать
Singular
1st Person хочу бегу дам ем буду еду
2nd Person хочешь бежишь дашь ешь будешь едешь
3d Person хочет бежит даст ест будет едет
Plural
1st Person хотим бежим дадим едим будем едем
2nd Person хотите бежите дадите едите будете едете
3d Person хотят бегут дадут едят будут едут


* Non-past forms indicate the present tense of an imperfective verb and the future tense of a perfective verb