russian word
to shout, yell, cry out in Russian: кричать
verbimperfectivelevel B1#792 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Не надо кричать, я тебя прекрасно слышу. There's no need to shout, I can hear you perfectly.
Болельщики кричали и махали флагами. The fans were shouting and waving flags.
Aspect pair
This verb is imperfective: ongoing or repeated action. Its perfective partner, for a completed one-time result, is
крикнутьto give a shout, cry out (once)perfective
Conjugation of кричать
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| present | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | кричу | кричим |
| ты / вы | кричишь | кричите |
| он / они | кричит | кричат |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | кричал |
| fem | кричала |
| neut | кричало |
| plural | кричали |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | кричи |
| вы | кричите |
Participles and gerunds
present activeкричащий
past activeкричавший
gerund (imperfective)крича
gerund (perfective)кричав
gerund (perfective)кричавши