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RUSSIAN VERB

испортить

to spoil, to ruin (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use испортить

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

  1. Past

    Дождь испортил нам весь пикник.

    The rain ruined our whole picnic.

  2. Future

    Не говори ему, ты испортишь сюрприз.

    Don't tell him, you'll spoil the surprise.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы не испортил рубашку, если бы читал этикетку.

    I wouldn't have ruined the shirt if I'd read the label.

  4. Imperative

    Не испорти себе аппетит перед ужином.

    Don't spoil your appetite before dinner.

Good to know

  • Испортить is to spoil or ruin, once: испортить настроение, испортить вечер. Портить is the imperfective; испортиться is for food that goes off.

Where you hear испортить

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

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Не испорти пирог, Сэм. Don't ruin the pie, Sam.
  • Лифт испортил бы эту историю. A lift would have ruined that story.
  • Дождь испортит нам воскресенье. The rain will spoil our Sunday.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.