Questions & Answers about Я кладу плед на плечо, потому что на улице холодно.
Кладу is the 1st person singular of the imperfective verb класть (to put, to lay).
- класть (imperfective) → кладу, кладёшь, кладёт…
- положить (perfective) → положу, положишь, положит…
In Russian:
- The imperfective present tense describes an action in progress or a general action:
Я кладу плед… = I’m putting the blanket… / I put the blanket (now). - The perfective verb has no true present tense; its “present” forms have future meaning:
Я положу плед… = I will put the blanket…
So you cannot say “I am putting” with положить; you must use класть → кладу.
No. Native speakers consider ложу (from a supposed ложить) incorrect in standard Russian.
To say “I put/lay (something)”:
- Use класть → кладу for the present/imperfective:
Я кладу плед на плечо. - Use положить → положу for the future/perfective:
Я положу плед на плечо. (I will put the blanket on my shoulder.)
There is no standard verb ложить in modern literary Russian; avoid it.