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RUSSIAN VERB

опоздать

to be late, to miss (once)

  • #325 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he was late
  2. она she was late
  3. оно it was late
  4. они they were late

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use опоздать

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

  1. Past

    Я опоздал на встречу на десять минут.

    I was ten minutes late for the meeting.

  2. Future

    Если выйдем сейчас, мы не опоздаем.

    If we leave now, we won't be late.

  3. Conditional

    Без твоего звонка я бы опоздал на самолёт.

    Without your call I'd have missed the plane.

  4. Imperative

    Не опоздай завтра, начало ровно в девять.

    Don't be late tomorrow, it starts at nine sharp.

Good to know

  • Опоздать на is to be late for or to miss: опоздать на работу, на поезд. Опаздывать is running late.

Where you hear опоздать

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Не опоздай! Don't be late!
  • Мы чуть не опоздали на поезд. We nearly missed the train.
  • Я не опоздаю. I won't be late.

Russian · Intermediate Level 3

  • Не опоздай! Don't be late!
  • Мы чуть не опоздали на поезд. We nearly missed the train.
  • Я не опоздаю. I won't be late.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.