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RUSSIAN VERB

отдохнуть

to rest, to have a rest

  • #193 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use отдохнуть

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

  1. Past

    Мы отлично отдохнули на море в августе.

    We had a great holiday by the sea in August.

  2. Future

    Я отдохну полчаса и закончу с последним роялем.

    I'll rest for half an hour and finish the last piano.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы отдохнула, но у меня ночное дежурство.

    I'd rest, but I've got a night shift.

  4. Imperative

    Отдохни, ты на ногах с шести утра.

    Have a rest, you've been on your feet since six.

Good to know

  • Отдохнуть is the perfective of отдыхать: отдохни! is have a rest. Хорошо отдохнуть is to have a good holiday too.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.