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RUSSIAN VERB

оплатить

to pay for (a bill, the rent, one time)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use оплатить

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

  1. Past

    Я оплатила счёт за свет через приложение.

    I paid the electricity bill through the app.

  2. Future

    Я оплачу такси, ты платил за ужин.

    I'll pay for the taxi, you paid for dinner.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы оплатила картой, наличных нет.

    I'd pay by card, I've no cash.

  4. Imperative

    Оплатите на кассе и подходите к окну выдачи.

    Pay at the till and come to the pick-up window.

Good to know

  • Оплатить takes the thing paid for straight in the accusative: оплатить счёт, проезд, квартиру. Заплатить за is to pay for; оплачивать is the imperfective.

Where you hear оплатить

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

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Оплати квартиру до пятого. Pay for the flat by the fifth.
  • Я оплатил квартиру за октябрь. I paid for the flat for October.
  • Свет и воду я оплачу завтра. The electricity and the water I'll pay tomorrow.
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Accrued, Withheld, Paid

Advanced Level 1 · Вовремя. За квартиру оплачено.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.