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RUSSIAN VERB

ошибаться

to make a mistake

  • #397 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

  1. он he made a mistake
  2. она she made a mistake
  3. оно it made a mistake
  4. они they made a mistake

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would make a mistake
  2. она she would make a mistake
  3. оно it would make a mistake
  4. они they would make a mistake

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты make a mistake!
  2. вы make a mistake! (formal, or all of you)

How to use ошибаться

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

  1. Present

    Я часто ошибаюсь в падежах, но меня понимают.

    I often get the cases wrong, but people understand me.

  2. Past

    Я ошибалась в людях не раз.

    I've been wrong about people more than once.

  3. Future

    Ты будешь ошибаться, это нормально.

    You'll make mistakes, that's normal.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы меньше ошибалась, если бы не спешила.

    I'd make fewer mistakes if I didn't rush.

  5. Imperative

    Не ошибайся с адресом, там два дома.

    Don't get the address wrong, there are two buildings there.

Good to know

  • Ошибаться в чём-то is to be wrong about it; ошибиться is once: я ошибся номером, wrong number.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.