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RUSSIAN VERB

доварить

to finish cooking (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use доварить

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

  1. Past

    Я доварил суп и выключил плиту.

    I finished the soup and turned off the stove.

  2. Future

    Доварю картошку и будем ужинать.

    I'll finish the potatoes and we'll have dinner.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы доварил кашу, но молоко кончилось.

    I'd have finished the porridge, but the milk ran out.

  4. Imperative

    Довари рис, я забыла его на плите.

    Finish the rice, I forgot it on the stove.

Good to know

  • До- takes a verb to the end: доварить, to finish cooking; дочитать, to finish reading. Доваривать is the imperfective.

Where you hear доварить

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Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Доварю кашу через десять минут. I'll finish the porridge in ten minutes.
  • Солдат так и не доварил кашу. The soldier never did finish the porridge.
  • Доваришь суп сам. You'll finish the soup yourself.
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Axe Porridge

Fluency Level 2 · Ещё не готов, говорит. Доварю в дороге.

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