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RUSSIAN VERB

одеться

to get dressed

  • #217 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use одеться

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

  1. Past

    Я оделась за пять минут, рекорд.

    I got dressed in five minutes, a record.

  2. Future

    Сейчас оденусь, и пойдём за хлебом.

    I'll get dressed now and we'll go for bread.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы оделась наряднее, если бы знала про гостей.

    I'd have dressed up more if I'd known about the guests.

  4. Imperative

    Оденься потеплее, на улице минус пятнадцать.

    Dress warmly, it's minus fifteen outside.

Good to know

  • Одеться is once: оденься теплее, dress warmly. The thing you put on takes надеть.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.