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RUSSIAN VERB

подписать

to sign (one time)

  • #391 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use подписать

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

  1. Past

    Я подписал контракт на целый год.

    I signed a contract for a whole year.

  2. Future

    Вы подпишете договор завтра утром?

    Will you sign the agreement tomorrow morning?

  3. Conditional

    Я бы подписал, но ручки нет.

    I'd sign, but I don't have a pen.

  4. Imperative

    Подпишите здесь и вот здесь, пожалуйста.

    Sign here and right here, please.

Good to know

  • Подписать is the one signing; подписывать is signing regularly or being in the middle of it.

Where you hear подписать

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

Russian · Beginner Level 3

  • Я подписываю контракт на год. I'm signing a contract for a year.
  • Вчера я подписал контракт. Yesterday I signed the contract.
  • Вы подпишете договор завтра. You'll sign the agreement tomorrow.

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Я подписываю контракт на год. I'm signing a contract for a year.
  • Вчера я подписал контракт. Yesterday I signed the contract.
  • Вы подпишете договор завтра. You'll sign the agreement tomorrow.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.