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RUSSIAN VERB

найти

to find (once)

  • #31 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use найти

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

  1. Past

    Я нашла твои очки под диваном.

    I found your glasses under the sofa.

  2. Future

    Мы найдём хорошее кафе рядом с вокзалом.

    We'll find a good cafe near the station.

  3. Conditional

    Без карты я бы не нашла этот дом.

    Without a map I wouldn't have found this house.

  4. Imperative

    Найди мне, пожалуйста, зарядку для телефона.

    Please find me a phone charger.

Good to know

  • Найти is to find, once: я нашёл ключи. Искать is to look for; находить is the imperfective.

Where you hear найти

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Найди молоточки в Москве. Find the hammers in Moscow.
  • Нашёл в Москве, но не получилось. I found some in Moscow, but it didn't work out.
  • Я найду новые. I'll find new ones.

Russian · Intermediate Level 3

  • Найди молоточки в Москве. Find the hammers in Moscow.
  • Нашёл в Москве, но не получилось. I found some in Moscow, but it didn't work out.
  • Я найду новые. I'll find new ones.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.