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RUSSIAN VERB

поднимать

to lift, to raise (ongoing)

  • #479 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use поднимать

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

  1. Present

    Не поднимаю ничего тяжёлого, спина болит.

    I'm not lifting anything heavy, my back hurts.

  2. Past

    Грузчики поднимали пианино на пятый этаж два часа.

    The movers spent two hours getting the piano up to the fifth floor.

  3. Future

    Цены на проезд будут поднимать с января.

    They'll be raising fares from January.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не поднимал эту тему при маме.

    I wouldn't bring that subject up in front of Mum.

  5. Imperative

    Поднимай медленно, не дёргай за ручку.

    Lift slowly, don't jerk the handle.

Good to know

  • Поднимать is lifting as it goes on, or again and again; поднять is once. Поднимать цены is to raise prices.

Where you hear поднимать

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

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Поднимаю, а он тяжёлый. I'm lifting, and it's heavy.
  • Мы поднимали палатку час. We spent an hour putting the tent up.
  • Завтра будем поднимать второй столб. Tomorrow we'll be raising the second pole.

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Поднимаю, а он тяжёлый. I'm lifting, and it's heavy.
  • Мы поднимали палатку час. We spent an hour putting the tent up.
  • Завтра будем поднимать второй столб. Tomorrow we'll be raising the second pole.
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The Tent and the Car

Advanced Level 1 · Поднимаю. Куда ставить?

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Eighty a Month

Advanced Level 1 · Договор на год. Плату не поднимаю.

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At the Clinic

Advanced Level 2 · Она поднимает пациентов.

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The First Piano

Advanced Level 2 · поднимаем

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.