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RUSSIAN VERB

победить

to win, to defeat

  • #403 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use победить

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

  1. Past

    Мы победили грипп за неделю.

    We beat the flu in a week.

  2. Future

    Ты победишь, если не будешь торопиться.

    You'll win if you don't hurry.

  3. Conditional

    Он бы победил, но подвернул ногу.

    He'd have won, but he twisted his ankle.

  4. Imperative

    Победи лень и пойди на тренировку.

    Beat your laziness and go to training.

Good to know

  • Победить has no first person in the future: people say я смогу победить or я одержу победу. Победить болезнь is to beat an illness.

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