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RUSSIAN VERB

догадаться

to guess

  • #419 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use догадаться

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

  1. Past

    Я сразу догадалась, кто съел торт.

    I guessed straight away who ate the cake.

  2. Future

    Она догадается о сюрпризе, если ты будешь улыбаться.

    She'll guess about the surprise if you keep smiling.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы догадалась сама, не подсказывай.

    I'd have worked it out myself, don't give hints.

  4. Imperative

    Догадайся сам, зачем я купил цветы.

    Work it out for yourself why I bought flowers.

Good to know

  • Догадаться is to work it out, once: я догадался, что… Догадываться is the imperfective. Угадать is to guess right.

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