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RUSSIAN VERB

опустить

to lower, to dip (one movement)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use опустить

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

  1. Past

    Маша опустила ручку в воду и засмеялась.

    Masha dipped her little hand in the water and laughed.

  2. Future

    Я опущу письмо в ящик по дороге.

    I'll drop the letter in the box on the way.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы опустила шторы, солнце прямо в глаза.

    I'd lower the blinds, the sun is right in my eyes.

  4. Imperative

    Опусти окно, в машине очень душно.

    Wind the window down, it's very stuffy in the car.

Good to know

  • Опустить is one movement down: опустить руку в воду; опустить письмо в ящик is to post a letter. Опускать is the imperfective; the first person is опущу.

Where you hear опустить

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

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Я опустил руку в Байкал. I dipped my hand in Baikal.
  • Маша опустила ручку в воду. Masha dipped her little hand in the water.
  • Я опущу ноги в воду на минуту. I'll put my feet in the water for a minute.
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A Hand in Baikal

Advanced Level 3 · Опусти руку в воду, на долгую жизнь.

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