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RUSSIAN VERB

обратить

to turn, to draw attention

  • #260 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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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 обратить

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

  1. Past

    Я обратила внимание на его кашель ещё вчера.

    I noticed his cough as early as yesterday.

  2. Future

    Я обращу внимание на педали, спасибо.

    I'll pay attention to the pedals, thanks.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы обратила внимание на эту родинку, покажись врачу.

    I'd keep an eye on that mole, see a doctor.

  4. Imperative

    Обрати внимание, как он держит руки.

    Notice how he holds his hands.

Good to know

  • Обратить внимание на что-то is to notice it, once: обрати внимание! Обращать is the imperfective.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.