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RUSSIAN VERB

обалдеть

to be stunned, to be amazed (once); on its own, wow

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he was stunned
  2. она she was stunned
  3. оно it was stunned
  4. они they were stunned

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use обалдеть

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

  1. Past

    Я обалдела, когда увидела счёт.

    I was floored when I saw the bill.

  2. Future

    Ты обалдеешь, какой вид с крыши.

    You'll be amazed at the view from the roof.

  3. Conditional

    Мама бы обалдела от такого подарка.

    Mum would be stunned by a present like that.

Good to know

  • Обалдеть! on its own is wow, no way; я обалдел is I was floored. It is spoken, friendly Russian.

Where you hear обалдеть

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Обалдеть, полный зал! Wow, a full house!
  • Я обалдела, когда услышала тебя. I was stunned when I heard you.
  • Баба Валя обалдеет, когда узнает. Baba Valya will be amazed when she finds out.
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Fluency Level 1 · Обалдеть!

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.