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RUSSIAN VERB

отвалиться

to fall off, to drop off (once)

  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use отвалиться

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

  1. Past

    У чемодана отвалилось колесо прямо в аэропорту.

    The suitcase wheel fell off right at the airport.

  2. Future

    Надень шапку, а то уши отвалятся.

    Put a hat on, or your ears will drop off.

  3. Conditional

    Ручка не отвалилась бы, если бы ты не дёргал.

    The handle wouldn't have come off if you hadn't yanked it.

Good to know

  • Отвалиться is said of a handle, a button, a wheel: ручка отвалилась. Уши отвалятся is the joke for a freezing day. Отваливаться is the imperfective.

Where you hear отвалиться

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Без шапки уши отвалятся. Without a hat your ears will drop off.
  • У старого пианино отвалилась педаль. The old upright's pedal fell off.
  • Ещё час на морозе, и нос отвалится. Another hour in the frost and my nose will drop off.
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The Cold

Fluency Level 1 · Уши уже отвалились.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.