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RUSSIAN VERB

накопить

to save up (one time)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use накопить

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

  1. Past

    За два года я накопил на инструменты.

    In two years I saved up for the tools.

  2. Future

    К лету мы накопим на хорошую коляску.

    By summer we'll have saved up for a good pram.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы накопил быстрее без этих ужинов в кафе.

    I'd save up faster without these dinners in cafes.

  4. Imperative

    Накопи сначала, потом покупай рояль.

    Save up first, then buy the grand piano.

Good to know

  • Накопить на что-то is to save up for it: накопить на машину. Копить is the imperfective.

Where you hear накопить

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Я хочу накопить на инструменты. I want to save up for tools.
  • За год я накопил сто тысяч. In a year I saved up a hundred thousand.
  • К лету мы накопим на коляску. By summer we'll have saved up for a pram.
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If I Were You

Advanced Level 2 · Свадебные подарки и то, что я накопил.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.