How to Use the Verb "to eat" (есть)

Present Tense
Let’s learn how to say "I eat" in different ways:

• Я ем (I eat)
• Ты ешь (You eat)
• Он/Она ест (He/She eats)
• Мы едим (We eat)
• Вы едите (You - polite or plural eat)
• Они едят (They eat)

Past Tense
To say "I ate":

• Я ел (I ate - for guys)
• Я ела (I ate - for girls)
• Мы ели (We ate)

Future Tense
To say "I will eat":

• Я буду есть (I will eat)

Two Types of "to eat"

• Imperfective: есть (This means eating right now)
• Perfective: поесть (This means finished eating)

Cases and What They Mean

1. Nominative: кто? что? (who? what?)
2. Accusative: кого? что? (whom? what? - the food you are eating)
3. Genitive: кого? чего? (of whom? of what?)
4. Dative: кому? чему? (to whom? to what?)
5. Instrumental: кем? чем? (by whom? by what?)
6. Prepositional: о ком? о чём? (about whom? about what?)

Adjectives

Adjectives describe nouns and match their gender, number, and case. Here are some examples:

• вкусный (masculine - tasty)
• вкусная (feminine - tasty)
• вкусное (neuter - tasty)

For comparing, we use:

• вкуснее (more delicious)
• самый вкусный (the most delicious)

Vocabulary Themes

Here are some key words for different topics:

• Everyday Activities: работать (to work), отдыхать (to relax), путешествовать (to travel)
• Food Words: еда (food), приготовление (cooking)
• Feelings: счастье (happiness), грусть (sadness)
• Time: сейчас (now), завтра (tomorrow)
• Requests: Пожалуйста (Please), Извините (Sorry)

Important Skills

• How to ask questions:

  • Что ты хочешь поесть? (What do you want to eat?)

• Common expressions:

  • Как на духу! (Honestly!)

• Practice dialogues:

  • "Что ты ешь?" (What are you eating?)
  • "Я ем суп." (I am eating soup.)

You can even have fun role-playing to practice these phrases and words!