Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I give
- ты you give
- он, она, оно he/she gives
- мы we give
- вы you all give
- они they give
RUSSIAN VERB
давать
to give; let's
- #22 most used
- Imperfective verb
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he gave
- она she gave
- оно it gave
- они they gave
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will give
- ты you will give
- он, она, оно he/she will give
- мы we will give
- вы you all will give
- они they will give
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would give
- она she would give
- оно it would give
- они they would give
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты give!
- вы give! (formal, or all of you)
How to use давать
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Бабушка всегда даёт детям конфеты.
Grandma always gives the children sweets.
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Past
Он давал мне хорошие советы.
He used to give me good advice.
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Future
Я буду давать тебе уроки по вторникам.
I'll give you lessons on Tuesdays.
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Conditional
Я бы давал ему меньше сладкого.
I'd give him fewer sweets.
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Imperative
Давайте начнём, все уже здесь.
Let's begin, everyone's here already.
Good to know
- Давай and давайте start a suggestion: давай пойдём, let's go. Давай! on its own is come on, or okay, bye.
Where you hear давать
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Beginner Level 1
- Давай, Сэм! Come on, Sam!
- Я давала ему яблоки. I used to give him apples.
- Я буду давать тебе пироги. I'll be giving you pies.
Russian · Beginner Level 2
- Давай, Сэм! Come on, Sam!
- Я давала ему яблоки. I used to give him apples.
- Я буду давать тебе пироги. I'll be giving you pies.
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Fishing at Dawn
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25
Beginner Level 1 · Давай!
The Fair
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10
Beginner Level 2 · Давайте десять, со сметаной.
Rehearsal with Kolya
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14
Beginner Level 3 · Давай на ты. · Привет, я Коля. Контрабас. Давай на ты. · Сэм. Пианино. Давай. · Давай с начала.
I Should Have Called
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9
Intermediate Level 1 · Давай уже цветы.
One Free Evening
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30
Intermediate Level 2 · давай лучше
The Friendly You
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6
Intermediate Level 3 · Давайте на ты.
The Second Courtyard
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2
Advanced Level 2 · Давай войдём через арку.
The Words of the Stand
Free
15
Fluency Level 1 · Не медленнее, а легче. Давай.
A Star
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Fluency Level 1 · Ну ты даёшь, Сэмыч! Ну ты и звезда!
The Saturday Table
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25
Fluency Level 2 · Давай конец!
Out of Tune
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Fluency Level 3 · Давайте я. У меня с собой инструмент.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.