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RUSSIAN VERB

отдать

to give away, to hand over (one time)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use отдать

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

  1. Past

    Я отдала старые вещи соседке.

    I gave my old things to the neighbour.

  2. Future

    Я отдам тебе деньги в пятницу, обещаю.

    I'll give you the money back on Friday, I promise.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы отдала последнее за такой вид из окна.

    I'd give my last penny for a view like that.

  4. Imperative

    Отдай ребёнку телефон, он плачет.

    Give the child back the phone, he's crying.

Good to know

  • Отдать is to give back or give away for good: отдать долг, отдать книгу соседу. Its table follows дать: отдам, отдашь, отдадут.

Where you hear отдать

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 2

  • Отдай их Диме и Лене. Give them to Dima and Lena.
  • Я отдал билеты Диме. I gave the tickets to Dima.
  • Я отдам ключи завтра. I'll hand back the keys tomorrow.

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Отдай их Диме и Лене. Give them to Dima and Lena.
  • Я отдал билеты Диме. I gave the tickets to Dima.
  • Я отдам ключи завтра. I'll hand back the keys tomorrow.
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The Cancelled Evening

Intermediate Level 2 · Отдай их Диме и Лене.

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To Grandfather, in the Village

Fluency Level 2 · «Ванька». Мальчик, отданный сапожнику, пишет дедушке.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.