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RUSSIAN VERB

одеть

to dress someone (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use одеть

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

  1. Past

    Я одел сына и вывел его во двор.

    I dressed my son and took him out to the yard.

  2. Future

    Я одену малышку, а ты собери сумку.

    I'll dress the little one, and you pack the bag.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы одел его теплее, на улице ветер.

    I'd dress him warmer, it's windy out.

  4. Imperative

    Одень куклу, и пойдём гулять.

    Dress the doll and we'll go for a walk.

Good to know

  • Одеть is to dress someone else: одеть ребёнка; надеть is to put a thing on: надеть куртку. Mixing them up is a famous Russian mistake. Its table: одену, оденешь.

Where you hear одеть

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Одень ребёнка потеплее. Dress the child warmer.
  • Я одела Машу за минуту. I dressed Masha in a minute.
  • Я одену её сам. I'll dress her myself.
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Advice in the Snow

Fluency Level 1 · Надо бы потеплее одеть.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.