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RUSSIAN VERB

купить

to buy (one time)

  • #125 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use купить

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

  1. Past

    Я купила хлеб, молоко и сыр.

    I bought bread, milk and cheese.

  2. Future

    Я куплю билеты сегодня вечером.

    I'll buy the tickets tonight.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы купила эту куртку, но дорого.

    I'd buy this jacket, but it's expensive.

  4. Imperative

    Купи, пожалуйста, воды по дороге.

    Please buy some water on the way.

Good to know

  • Купить is the perfective of покупать; что надо купить? asks what we need to buy.

Where you hear купить

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

Russian · Beginner Level 1

  • Что надо купить? What do we need to buy?
  • Я купил хлеб и молоко. I bought bread and milk.
  • Я куплю воду. I'll buy water.

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Что надо купить? What do we need to buy?
  • Я купил хлеб и молоко. I bought bread and milk.
  • Я куплю воду. I'll buy water.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.