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RUSSIAN VERB

исправить

to correct, to put right (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use исправить

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

  1. Past

    Я исправила две ошибки в твоём письме.

    I corrected two mistakes in your letter.

  2. Future

    Я исправлю фамилию в договоре завтра.

    I'll correct the surname on the contract tomorrow.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы исправила это сама, но нет ручки.

    I'd fix it myself, but I don't have a pen.

  4. Imperative

    Исправь дату и отправь ещё раз.

    Correct the date and send it again.

Good to know

  • Исправить ошибку is to put a mistake right, once; исправлять is the imperfective.

Where you hear исправить

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Я исправлю одну букву. I'll correct one letter.
  • Вы исправили фамилию? Have you corrected the surname?
  • Мы исправим ошибку вместе. We'll correct the mistake together.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.