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RUSSIAN VERB

отмерить

to measure off (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use отмерить

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

  1. Past

    Я отмерила два метра и отрезала.

    I measured off two metres and cut.

  2. Future

    Отмерю муку, а ты разбей яйца.

    I'll measure out the flour, and you crack the eggs.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы отмерила с запасом, ткань садится.

    I'd measure with some to spare, the fabric shrinks.

  4. Imperative

    Отмерь стакан риса, не больше.

    Measure out a glass of rice, no more.

Good to know

  • Отмерить is to measure off a length or an amount, once: отмерить метр ткани. Семь раз отмерь, один раз отрежь: measure seven times, cut once.

Where you hear отмерить

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

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Отмерь два стакана муки. Measure off two glasses of flour.
  • Я отмерил семь раз. I measured seven times.
  • Отмерю метр и отрежу. I'll measure off a metre and cut.
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The Car That Never Starts

Fluency Level 2 · Семь раз отмерь, один раз отрежь.

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