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RUSSIAN VERB

покупать

to buy (again and again, or while it goes on)

  • #166 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use покупать

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

  1. Present

    Я покупаю хлеб в пекарне у дома.

    I buy bread at the bakery by my house.

  2. Past

    Раньше мы покупали овощи на рынке.

    We used to buy vegetables at the market.

  3. Future

    Я буду покупать молоко у фермера.

    I'll buy milk from the farmer.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не покупал такую дорогую машину.

    I wouldn't buy such an expensive car.

  5. Imperative

    Не покупай мне подарок, лучше приезжай.

    Don't buy me a present, just come and visit.

Good to know

  • Покупать is buying as a habit or as it goes on; купить is one purchase.

Where you hear покупать

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Я покупаю билеты онлайн. I buy the tickets online.
  • Я покупала кофе. I was buying coffee.
  • Я буду покупать хлеб по утрам. I'll buy bread in the mornings.

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Я покупаю билеты онлайн. I buy the tickets online.
  • Я покупала кофе. I was buying coffee.
  • Я буду покупать хлеб по утрам. I'll buy bread in the mornings.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.