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RUSSIAN VERB

отказаться

to refuse

  • #244 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use отказаться

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

  1. Past

    Я отказалась от дежурства в субботу.

    I turned down the Saturday shift.

  2. Future

    От такого пирога я не откажусь.

    I won't say no to a pie like that.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы отказалась, но неудобно перед коллегами.

    I'd refuse, but it's awkward in front of my colleagues.

  4. Imperative

    Откажись от этой работы, она тебя съедает.

    Turn that job down, it's eating you up.

Good to know

  • Отказаться от чего-то is to turn it down, with the genitive: отказаться от предложения. Отказать кому-то is to refuse someone.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.