одевать (to dress (someone)) · Russian verb conjugation

Conjugation

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Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

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

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

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

Present

По утрам я одеваю детей, а муж кормит.

In the mornings I dress the kids and my husband feeds them.
Past

Я одевал Машу десять минут, она вертелась.

It took me ten minutes to dress Masha, she kept squirming.
Future

Я буду одевать её потеплее, на улице ветер.

I'll dress her warmer, it's windy outside.
Conditional

Я бы одевал ребёнка полегче, в доме жарко.

I'd dress the baby lighter, it's hot in the house.
Imperative

Одевай её, такси уже внизу.

Get her dressed, the taxi's already downstairs.

Одевать is to dress someone: одевать ребёнка; одеваться is to get dressed yourself. Don't mix it with надевать, which is to put a thing on: надеть шапку. Одеть is once.

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Advanced Level 3 · Одевайте её.

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.