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RUSSIAN VERB

освободиться

to get free, to become free (of a person or a room, one time)

  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use освободиться

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

  1. Past

    Я освободился раньше и зашёл за тобой.

    I got free early and came by for you.

  2. Future

    Когда освободишься, позвони, обсудим поездку.

    When you're free, call and we'll discuss the trip.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы освободился к семи, если бы не совещание.

    I'd be free by seven if it weren't for the meeting.

  4. Imperative

    Освободись к субботе, едем на дачу.

    Keep Saturday free, we're going to the dacha.

Good to know

  • Я освобожусь в шесть is I'll be free at six; столик освободился, a table has come free. Освобождаться is the imperfective.

Where you hear освободиться

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

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Освободись к семи, идём гулять. Be free by seven, we're going for a walk.
  • Я освободился только в шесть. I only got free at six.
  • Приду в субботу, когда освобожусь. I'll come on Saturday, when I'm free.
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A Door in the Courtyard

Advanced Level 1 · когда освобожусь

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The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.