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RUSSIAN VERB

подписывать

to sign (again and again, or in the process of)

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

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 подписывать

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

  1. Present

    Я никогда не подписываю бумаги, не читая.

    I never sign papers without reading them.

  2. Past

    Мы подписывали договор у юриста.

    We were signing the contract at the lawyer's.

  3. Future

    Я не буду подписывать это сегодня.

    I won't be signing this today.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не подписывал договор без второго экземпляра.

    I wouldn't sign the contract without a second copy.

  5. Imperative

    Подписывай только там, где галочка.

    Sign only where the tick is.

Good to know

  • Подписывать is the signing as it goes or as a habit: не подписывай, не читая. Подписать is once.

Where you hear подписывать

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Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Никогда такое не подписывай. Never sign anything like that.
  • Я подписывал договор час. I was signing the contract for an hour.
  • Мы не будем подписывать это без юриста. We won't sign this without a lawyer.
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The Small Print

Advanced Level 2 · Никогда такое не подписывай.

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Point Nine

Advanced Level 2 · И подписывают двое. Пункт девять.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.