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RUSSIAN VERB

отпускать

to let go, to release

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use отпускать

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

  1. Present

    Начальник не отпускает Диму раньше шести.

    The boss doesn't let Dima leave before six.

  2. Past

    В детстве мама не отпускала меня одну.

    As a child, Mum didn't let me go anywhere alone.

  3. Future

    Я не буду отпускать коляску на горке.

    I won't let go of the pram on the slope.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не отпускала ребёнка одного в школу.

    I wouldn't let a child go to school alone.

  5. Imperative

    Не отпускай руку, здесь скользко.

    Don't let go of my hand, it's slippery here.

Good to know

  • Отпускать is to let go, or to let someone leave: начальник не отпускает меня в отпуск. Отпустить is once.

Where you hear отпускать

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Не отпускай, я ещё не прибил. Don't let go, I haven't nailed it yet.
  • Я не отпускал, честное слово. I didn't let go, honestly.
  • Отпускать будешь, когда скажу. You'll let go when I say.
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Levelling the Floor

Advanced Level 2 · не отпускай

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