Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he refused
- она she refused
- оно it refused
- они they refused
RUSSIAN VERB
отказать
to refuse, to turn down (one time)
- Perfective verb
Conjugation
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Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will refuse
- ты you will refuse
- он, она, оно he/she will refuse
- мы we will refuse
- вы you all will refuse
- они they will refuse
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would refuse
- она she would refuse
- оно it would refuse
- они they would refuse
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты refuse!
- вы refuse! (formal, or all of you)
How to use отказать
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Past
Банк отказал нам в кредите.
The bank turned us down for a loan.
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Future
Он не откажет, он добрый.
He won't say no, he's kind.
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Conditional
Я бы не отказал другу в такой просьбе.
I wouldn't refuse a friend such a request.
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Imperative
Не откажи в любезности, передай соль.
Be so kind as to pass the salt.
Good to know
- Отказать кому-то в чём-то: the person in the dative: ему отказали в визе. Отказаться is to refuse something yourself: отказаться от десерта.
Where you hear отказать
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Intermediate Level 2
- Вам не откажут, Сэм. They won't refuse you, Sam.
- В прошлом году ему отказали. Last year they turned him down.
- Если откажут, подам снова. If they refuse, I'll apply again.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.