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RUSSIAN VERB

дарить

to give as a present

  • #302 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

  1. он he gave as a present
  2. она she gave as a present
  3. оно it gave as a present
  4. они they gave as a present

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would give as a present
  2. она she would give as a present
  3. оно it would give as a present
  4. они they would give as a present

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты give as a present!
  2. вы give as a present! (formal, or all of you)

How to use дарить

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

  1. Present

    На Новый год мы дарим друг другу мелочи.

    At New Year we give each other little things.

  2. Past

    Папа всегда дарил маме цветы по пятницам.

    Dad always gave Mum flowers on Fridays.

  3. Future

    Я буду дарить тебе цветы каждую неделю.

    I'll give you flowers every week.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы дарила книги, а не игрушки.

    I'd give books rather than toys.

  5. Imperative

    Дари ей то, что она любит.

    Give her what she loves.

Good to know

  • Дарить кому-то что-то: the person in the dative. Подарить is once: он подарил мне книгу.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.