Present tense#
Conjugation- яIгорю
- тыyou (sg)горишь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itгорит
- мыweгорим
- выyou (pl)горите
- ониtheyгорят
Future tense#
Future Tense- яIбуду гореть
- тыyou (sg)будешь гореть
- он / она / оноhe / she / itбудет гореть
- мыweбудем гореть
- выyou (pl)будете гореть
- ониtheyбудут гореть
Imperfective verbs form the future with the auxiliary бы́ть plus the infinitive.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheгорел
- онаsheгорела
- оноitгорело
- ониtheyгорели
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
гори
to a group / formal
горите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active presentгорящий
- Active pastгоревший
- Adverbial (present)горя
- Adverbial (past)горев, горевши
Examples#
В камине горит огонь.
A fire is burning in the fireplace.
Лес горел три дня.
The forest burned for three days.
About this verb#
- Class 5b 'gotcha': -еть infinitive but 2nd-conjugation endings with end-stress: горю, горишь, горит, горят. No mutation. Intransitive, so government usually involves a locative phrase. Aspect partner: сгореть ('burn down completely').
With prefixes#
Prefixes- сгоретьpfbe burnt down, be consumed, be used up, burn
- выгоретьpfburn down, burn out; fade, bleach out; succeed, work out, have luck
- догоретьpfburn low
- загоретьpfacquire a tan, bake in the sun, tan
- обгоретьpfbe scorched, be burnt on the edges
- перегоретьpfburn out, fuse, burn through, rot through
- погоретьpfbe burnt out, burn down, fail, burn
- подгоретьpfburn slightly
- пригоретьpfbe burnt
- прогоретьpfburn
- угоретьpfbe poisoned by charcoal fumes, get carbon monoxide poisoning
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