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RUSSIAN VERB

бросить

to give up, to quit; to throw (one time)

  • #118 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила

  1. он he gave up
  2. она she gave up
  3. оно it gave up
  4. они they gave up

Future

Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself

  1. я I will give up
  2. ты you will give up
  3. он, она, оно he/she will give up
  4. мы we will give up
  5. вы you all will give up
  6. они they will give up

Conditional

Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”

  1. он he would give up
  2. она she would give up
  3. оно it would give up
  4. они they would give up

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты give up!
  2. вы give up! (formal, or all of you)

How to use бросить

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Past

    Я бросил курить два года назад.

    I quit smoking two years ago.

  2. Future

    Я брошу эту работу, как только найду другую.

    I'll quit this job as soon as I find another.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы бросил всё и уехал к морю.

    I'd drop everything and go off to the sea.

  4. Imperative

    Брось мне полотенце, я вся мокрая.

    Throw me the towel, I'm soaking wet.

Good to know

  • Бросить курить is to quit smoking, бросить мяч is to throw a ball; бросить кого-то is to leave someone. Бросать is the imperfective.

Where you hear бросить

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Russian · Intermediate Level 2

  • Я не брошу музыку. I won't give up music.
  • Я бросил курить давно. I gave up smoking long ago.
  • Он не бросит пианино. He won't give up the piano.
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Intermediate Level 2 · я бы бросила · Если бы не вы, я бы бросила.

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