Загорать/загореть
Recently we discussed the noun tan; now, I would like to continue on the topic and discuss the usage of the verb "to tan".
In Russian the imperfective and perfective forms are the following: загорать and загореть.
| to tan | ||
| Imperfective | Perfective | |
| Infinitive | загорать | загореть |
| Past | загорал загорала загорало загорали |
загорел загорела загорело загорели |
| Present | загораю загораешь загорает загораем загораете загорают |
No such thing as perfective present in Russian. |
| Future |
буду загорать будешь загорать будет загорать будем загорать будете загорать будут загорать |
загорю загоришь загорит загорим загорите загорят |
| Imperative | загорай(те) | загори(те) |
| Лена уже несколько часов на пляже загорает. Я надеюсь, она не уснула там. | Lena has been tanning on the beach for a few hours now. I hope she hasn't fallen asleep. |
| Я так хорошо загорела! Хоть бы загар подольше продержался! | I got a really nice tan! I hope it lasts awhile! |
| — Что ты собираешься делать в Доминиканской Республике? — Я буду загорать, купаться, и наслаждаться жизнью! |
“What are you going to do in the Dominican Republic?” “I will tan, swim, and enjoy life!” |
| Ты слишком много загораешь. Я боюсь, это нехорошо закончится... | You tan too much. I'm afraid it won't end well... |
| Смотри, кот развалился на подоконнике - загорает! | Look, the cat is sprawled on the window sill, getting his tan on! |
Personally, I always try to be careful with tanning. I can only remember a few times in my life that I've gotten badly sunburned. However, as we say in Russian, it was редко, да метко, "rarely but to the point". Every single time it happened, it was a handful. One summer, I remember, I was reading outside; the sun wasn't even out - it was cloudy! Nevertheless, I got burned so badly, I couldn't sleep the following night! What can I say? Just my luck!
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“Загорать” also means “to be idle now”. That’s to say “загорать” can’t be applied in describing general laziness of a person but is a perfect verb to say if someone doesn’t do what they ought to do right now.
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