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RUSSIAN VERB

полить

to water (plants, once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use полить

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

  1. Past

    Я полил помидоры, пока ты спала.

    I watered the tomatoes while you were sleeping.

  2. Future

    Я полью цветы вечером, когда спадёт жара.

    I'll water the flowers in the evening, when the heat dies down.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы полил огород, но обещают дождь.

    I'd water the vegetable patch, but they're forecasting rain.

  4. Imperative

    Полей фикус, земля совсем сухая.

    Water the ficus, the soil is bone dry.

Good to know

  • Полить цветы is to water the plants, once; поливать is the imperfective. Its table follows лить: полью, польёшь, and the command is полей.

Where you hear полить

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 2

  • Полей цветы. Water the flowers.
  • Я полил цветы в среду. I watered the flowers on Wednesday.
  • Я полью их в субботу. I'll water them on Saturday.
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The Keys

Intermediate Level 2 · Полей цветы в среду и на всякий случай в субботу.

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