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RUSSIAN VERB

ответить

to answer (once)

  • #48 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use ответить

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

  1. Past

    Она ответила на письмо в тот же день.

    She answered the letter the same day.

  2. Future

    Я отвечу тебе завтра, надо подумать.

    I'll answer you tomorrow, I need to think.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы ответила, но не видела звонка.

    I'd have answered, but I didn't see the call.

  4. Imperative

    Ответь честно, тебе понравился фильм?

    Answer honestly, did you like the film?

Good to know

  • Ответить на вопрос, на письмо, на звонок is to answer them. Отвечать is the imperfective.

Where you hear ответить

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Ответь ей сегодня. Answer her today.
  • Она ещё не ответила. She hasn't answered yet.
  • Я отвечу вечером. I'll answer in the evening.

Russian · Intermediate Level 3

  • Ответь ей сегодня. Answer her today.
  • Она ещё не ответила. She hasn't answered yet.
  • Я отвечу вечером. I'll answer in the evening.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.