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RUSSIAN VERB

подарить

to give as a present (once)

  • #303 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he gave as a present
  2. она she gave as a present
  3. оно it gave as a present
  4. они they gave as a present

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would give as a present
  2. она she would give as a present
  3. оно it would give as a present
  4. они they would give as a present

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты give as a present!
  2. вы give as a present! (formal, or all of you)

How to use подарить

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

  1. Past

    Мне подарили цветы и книгу стихов.

    I was given flowers and a book of poems.

  2. Future

    Я подарю ей кольцо на Новый год.

    I'll give her a ring for New Year.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы подарила ему гитару, он давно мечтает.

    I'd give him a guitar, he's dreamed of one for ages.

  4. Imperative

    Подари маме что-нибудь тёплое, она мёрзнет.

    Give Mum something warm, she gets cold.

Good to know

  • Подарить кому-то что-то: the person in the dative. Дарить is the imperfective; подарок is the present.

Where you hear подарить

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Подари маме цветы. Give Mum flowers.
  • Лена подарила мне камеру. Lena gave me a camera.
  • Я подарю Маше пианино. I'll give Masha a piano.
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To the Old Year

Fluency Level 1 · За год, который подарил нам Машу.

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