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RUSSIAN VERB

обменять

to exchange

  • #369 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use обменять

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

  1. Past

    Я обменял доллары в банке у вокзала.

    I changed dollars at the bank by the station.

  2. Future

    Я обменяю билет на более ранний поезд.

    I'll exchange the ticket for an earlier train.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы обменял эту куртку на размер больше.

    I'd exchange this jacket for a size bigger.

  4. Imperative

    Обменяй деньги заранее, в аэропорту дорого.

    Change money in advance, at the airport it's expensive.

Good to know

  • Обменять деньги, валюту is to change money; обменять билет is to exchange it. Обменивать is the imperfective; обменяться is between people: обменяться номерами.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.