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RUSSIAN VERB

поддать

to add steam in the banya, word for word to give under (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he added steam in the banya
  2. она she added steam in the banya
  3. оно it added steam in the banya
  4. они they added steam in the banya

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would add steam in the banya
  2. она she would add steam in the banya
  3. оно it would add steam in the banya
  4. они they would add steam in the banya

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты add steam in the banya!
  2. вы add steam in the banya! (formal, or all of you)

How to use поддать

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

  1. Past

    Дядя поддал пару, и все выбежали.

    My uncle added steam and everyone ran out.

  2. Future

    Я поддам ещё немного, не бойся.

    I'll add a bit more steam, don't be scared.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы поддал, но камни ещё холодные.

    I'd add steam, but the stones are still cold.

  4. Imperative

    Поддай ещё пару, тут совсем остыло.

    Add more steam, it's gone quite cold in here.

Good to know

  • Поддать пару is to throw water on the stones for more steam; its table follows дать: поддам, поддашь, поддаст. In slang, поддать is also to have a few drinks.

Where you hear поддать

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Поддам ещё разок. I'll add a bit more steam.
  • Дядя Вова поддал, и стало плюс девяносто. Uncle Vova added steam and it went up to ninety.
  • Сейчас поддадим пару и ляжем. Now we'll add steam and lie down.
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The New Year's Banya

Fluency Level 1 · Дядя Вова, поддай пару.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.