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RUSSIAN VERB

научить

to teach someone something (one time)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he taught someone something
  2. она she taught someone something
  3. оно it taught someone something
  4. они they taught someone something

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would teach someone something
  2. она she would teach someone something
  3. оно it would teach someone something
  4. они they would teach someone something

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты teach someone something!
  2. вы teach someone something! (formal, or all of you)

How to use научить

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

  1. Past

    Бабушка научила меня печь блины.

    Grandma taught me to bake pancakes.

  2. Future

    Я научу тебя кататься на коньках за неделю.

    I'll teach you to skate in a week.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы научила тебя вязать, если бы ты захотел.

    I'd teach you to knit if you wanted.

  4. Imperative

    Научи меня этому фокусу, пожалуйста.

    Teach me that trick, please.

Good to know

  • Научить кого-то чему-то: the person in the accusative, the skill in the dative or the infinitive: научить сына плавать. Научиться is to learn it yourself.

Where you hear научить

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 2

  • Научите меня, пожалуйста. Teach me, please.
  • Баба Валя научила меня лепить пельмени. Baba Valya taught me to make pelmeni.
  • Я тебя научу. I'll teach you.
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Pelmeni

Intermediate Level 2 · чтобы вы меня научили

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.