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RUSSIAN VERB

нарисовать

to draw, to paint

  • #373 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use нарисовать

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

  1. Past

    Дочка нарисовала нашу семью и кота.

    My daughter drew our family and the cat.

  2. Future

    Я нарисую тебе план, как дойти.

    I'll draw you a plan of how to get there.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы нарисовала море, но нет синей краски.

    I'd paint the sea, but there's no blue paint.

  4. Imperative

    Нарисуй на карте, где твой дом.

    Draw on the map where your house is.

Good to know

  • Нарисовать is once, and finished: нарисуй мне дом. Нарисовать план is to sketch out a plan.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.