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RUSSIAN VERB

покачать

to rock (a baby) for a while, one time

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he rocked for a while
  2. она she rocked for a while
  3. оно it rocked for a while
  4. они they rocked for a while

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would rock for a while
  2. она she would rock for a while
  3. оно it would rock for a while
  4. они they would rock for a while

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты rock for a while!
  2. вы rock for a while! (formal, or all of you)

How to use покачать

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

  1. Past

    Я покачал её минут пять, и она уснула.

    I rocked her for about five minutes and she fell asleep.

  2. Future

    Иди спать, я сама покачаю.

    Go to bed, I'll rock her myself.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы покачал её, но мне пора на работу.

    I'd rock her, but I have to go to work.

  4. Imperative

    Покачай её немного, пока я грею бутылочку.

    Rock her a little while I warm the bottle.

Good to know

  • По- in front of качать gives a little rocking, for a while: покачай её is rock her a bit. Качать is the imperfective.

Where you hear покачать

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

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Покачай её немного. Rock her a little.
  • Я покачал её, и она уснула. I rocked her, and she fell asleep.
  • Иди спи, я покачаю. Go and sleep, I'll rock her.
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A Father on Duty

Advanced Level 3 · Папа на дежурстве. Иди спи, я покачаю.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.