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RUSSIAN VERB

дочитать

to finish reading, to read to the end (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he finished reading
  2. она she finished reading
  3. оно it finished reading
  4. они they finished reading

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would finish reading
  2. она she would finish reading
  3. оно it would finish reading
  4. они they would finish reading

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты finish reading!
  2. вы finish reading! (formal, or all of you)

How to use дочитать

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

  1. Past

    Я дочитал книгу в три часа ночи.

    I finished the book at three in the morning.

  2. Future

    Я дочитаю главу и пойду спать.

    I'll finish the chapter and go to bed.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы дочитал, но свет выключили.

    I'd have finished reading, but the lights went out.

  4. Imperative

    Дочитай до конца, там самое интересное.

    Read it to the end, the best part is there.

Good to know

  • До- in front of a verb takes it to the end: дочитать, to finish reading; доесть, to finish eating.

Where you hear дочитать

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Дочитай, потом поговорим. Finish reading, then we'll talk.
  • Она дочитала книгу в Казани. She finished the book in Kazan.
  • Я дочитаю в поезде. I'll finish reading on the train.
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On This Very Train

Intermediate Level 1 · Пока она читала, я смотрел. Когда дочитала, спросил.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.