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RUSSIAN VERB

остановить

to stop something

  • #341 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use остановить

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

  1. Past

    Нас остановил инспектор на выезде из города.

    An inspector stopped us on the way out of the city.

  2. Future

    Я остановлю машину, тебя укачало?

    I'll stop the car, are you feeling carsick?

  3. Conditional

    Я бы остановил его, но не успел.

    I'd have stopped him, but I didn't have time.

  4. Imperative

    Остановите, пожалуйста, вот у той аптеки.

    Please stop over there, by that pharmacy.

Good to know

  • Остановить is once: остановить такси, остановить кровь. Остановите здесь, пожалуйста, tells the driver where to stop.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.