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RUSSIAN VERB

обмануть

to deceive

  • #414 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use обмануть

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

  1. Past

    Таксист обманул нас на триста рублей.

    The taxi driver cheated us out of three hundred roubles.

  2. Future

    Этот продавец тебя обманет, я его знаю.

    That seller will cheat you, I know him.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы никогда не обманула подругу.

    I'd never deceive a friend.

  4. Imperative

    Не обмани моих ожиданий, борщ должен быть вкусным.

    Don't let my hopes down, the borscht has to be delicious.

Good to know

  • Обмануть is once: меня обманули в магазине, I was cheated at the shop. Its stress moves: обману́, обма́нешь.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.