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RUSSIAN VERB

накрыть

to cover (with a cloth, a sheet); to lay (a table), once

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use накрыть

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

  1. Past

    Я накрыл рояль чехлом от пыли.

    I covered the grand with a dust cover.

  2. Future

    Я накрою на стол, а ты открой вино.

    I'll lay the table, and you open the wine.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы накрыл стол на балконе, погода чудесная.

    I'd lay the table on the balcony, the weather's wonderful.

  4. Imperative

    Накрой тесто полотенцем, пусть поднимется.

    Cover the dough with a towel, let it rise.

Good to know

  • Накрыть на стол is to lay the table; накрыть чем-то is to cover with it: накрыть рояль чехлом. Накрывать is the imperfective.

Where you hear накрыть

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Я накрою стол через час. I'll lay the table in an hour.
  • Я накрыл кроватку простынёй. I covered the cot with a sheet.
  • Мама накроет на стол, а мы отдохнём. Mum will lay the table, and we'll rest.
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A Bad Omen

Advanced Level 2 · накрой её простынёй

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.