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RUSSIAN VERB

обращать

to turn, to pay attention

  • #259 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use обращать

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

  1. Present

    Я не обращаю внимания на шум за окном.

    I don't pay attention to the noise outside the window.

  2. Past

    Раньше я не обращала внимания на цены.

    I never used to pay attention to prices.

  3. Future

    Я не буду обращать внимания на его шутки.

    I won't take any notice of his jokes.

  4. Conditional

    На твоём месте я бы не обращала внимания.

    In your place I wouldn't take any notice.

  5. Imperative

    Не обращай внимания, он всегда так ворчит.

    Take no notice, he always grumbles like that.

Good to know

  • Almost always in обращать внимание на что-то, to pay attention to something; не обращай внимания is take no notice. Обратить is once.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.