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RUSSIAN VERB

иметь

to have (in formal speech: to have the right)

  • #11 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use иметь

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

  1. Present

    Вы имеете право на отпуск раз в год.

    You have the right to a holiday once a year.

  2. Past

    Я имела в виду совсем другое.

    I meant something quite different.

  3. Future

    Через год мы будем иметь постоянных клиентов.

    In a year we'll have regular clients.

  4. Conditional

    Без договора ты не имел бы никаких прав.

    Without a contract you'd have no rights at all.

  5. Imperative

    Имей в виду, магазин закрывается в восемь.

    Bear in mind, the shop closes at eight.

Good to know

  • For having things Russian says у меня есть; иметь is for set phrases: иметь право, to have the right, иметь в виду, to mean, to have in mind.

Where you hear иметь

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Вы имеете право раз в год. You have the right once a year.
  • Я имел в виду другое. I had something else in mind.
  • Ты будешь иметь договор на год. You'll have a contract for a year.

Russian · Fluency Level 3

  • Вы имеете право раз в год. You have the right once a year.
  • Я имел в виду другое. I had something else in mind.
  • Ты будешь иметь договор на год. You'll have a contract for a year.
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Point Nine

Advanced Level 2 · вы имеете право

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The Parents Arrive

Fluency Level 3 · Она имеет в виду: вы красивая.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.