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RUSSIAN VERB

обратиться

to address, to turn to

  • #262 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use обратиться

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

  1. Past

    Я обратился к соседу, и он помог с переводом.

    I turned to the neighbour, and he helped with the translation.

  2. Future

    С этим обратитесь к хирургу, он на втором этаже.

    For this see the surgeon, he's on the second floor.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы обратился в банк напрямую, без посредников.

    I'd go to the bank directly, without middlemen.

  4. Imperative

    Обратись к врачу, не тяни с этим.

    See a doctor, don't put it off.

Good to know

  • Обратиться к врачу is to see a doctor; обратиться за помощью, to ask for help. Обращаться is the imperfective.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.