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RUSSIAN VERB

оформлять

to process, to draw up papers (again and again)

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use оформлять

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

  1. Present

    Мы оформляем страховку прямо в аэропорту.

    We're sorting out the insurance right at the airport.

  2. Past

    Я оформляла кредит целый месяц.

    I spent a whole month getting the loan sorted.

  3. Future

    Пропуск будут оформлять три рабочих дня.

    The pass will take three working days to process.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы оформляла всё через одно окно, так проще.

    I'd do all the paperwork at one window, it's simpler.

  5. Imperative

    Оформляй карту сразу, пока ты здесь.

    Get the card sorted now, while you're here.

Good to know

  • Оформлять is to do the paperwork: оформлять визу, кредит, договор. Оформить is once; оформлять also means to decorate: оформлять витрину.

Where you hear оформлять

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

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Мы оформляем три услуги по очереди. We process three services one at a time.
  • Я долго оформлял разрешение. I was a long time getting the permit done.
  • Договор будем оформлять в четверг. We'll be drawing up the contract on Thursday.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.