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RUSSIAN VERB

подложить

to put something under, to slip underneath (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he put something under
  2. она she put something under
  3. оно it put something under
  4. они they put something under

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would put something under
  2. она she would put something under
  3. оно it would put something under
  4. они they would put something under

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты put something under!
  2. вы put something under! (formal, or all of you)

How to use подложить

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

  1. Past

    Я подложила под ножку стола сложенную бумажку.

    I put a folded bit of paper under the table leg.

  2. Future

    Подложу тебе подушку под спину, так удобнее.

    I'll put a pillow behind your back, that's more comfortable.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы подложила полотенце, чтобы не поцарапать пол.

    I'd put a towel under it so as not to scratch the floor.

  4. Imperative

    Подложи что-нибудь под горячую кастрюлю.

    Put something under the hot pan.

Good to know

  • Подложить is to slip something under: подложить подушку под голову. Подложить свинью кому-то is to play a dirty trick on someone.

Where you hear подложить

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

Russian · Fluency Level 3

  • Подложи под микрофон книгу. Put a book under the microphone.
  • Я подложил под голос пианино. I put a piano under the voice.
  • Подложу под неё пианино, тихо. I'll put a piano under it, quietly.
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The Song from Suzdal

Fluency Level 3 · Подложу под неё пианино, тихо.

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