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RUSSIAN VERB

оставить

to leave something somewhere, to leave it as it is (once)

  • #129 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use оставить

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

  1. Past

    Я оставила телефон в такси, представляешь?

    I left my phone in the taxi, can you imagine?

  2. Future

    Я оставлю тебе ключ под ковриком.

    I'll leave you the key under the mat.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы оставила всё как есть, не трогай.

    I'd leave it all as it is, don't touch it.

  4. Imperative

    Оставьте сообщение после сигнала, я перезвоню.

    Leave a message after the tone, I'll call back.

Good to know

  • Оставить is once: я оставил зонт в такси; оставь меня в покое is leave me alone. Оставлять is the imperfective.

Where you hear оставить

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

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Оставьте эту строку пустой. Leave this line blank.
  • Я оставил паспорт дома. I left my passport at home.
  • Я оставлю ключи у мамы. I'll leave the keys at Mum's.

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Оставьте эту строку пустой. Leave this line blank.
  • Я оставил паспорт дома. I left my passport at home.
  • Я оставлю ключи у мамы. I'll leave the keys at Mum's.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.