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RUSSIAN VERB

полагаться

to be due (to someone), to be owed by right

  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

  1. он he was due
  2. она she was due
  3. оно it was due
  4. они they were due

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use полагаться

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

  1. Present

    Студентам полагается скидка на проезд.

    Students are entitled to a fare discount.

  2. Past

    Раньше за это полагался штраф.

    There used to be a fine for that.

  3. Future

    После года работы тебе будет полагаться отпуск.

    After a year's work you'll be due leave.

  4. Conditional

    По закону нам полагалась бы компенсация.

    By law we'd be due compensation.

Good to know

  • What is due is the subject and the person is in the dative: вам полагается отпуск. Полагаться на кого-то is to rely on someone; как полагается is as it should be.

Where you hear полагаться

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

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Вам полагается плата за настройку. You're due a fee for tuning.
  • Раньше учителям полагалось меньше дней. Teachers used to be due fewer days.
  • Через год вам будет полагаться отпуск. In a year you'll be due leave.
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Fifty-Six Days of Leave

Advanced Level 1 · И вам полагается плата за настройку.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.