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RUSSIAN VERB

положить

to put, to serve onto a plate (once)

  • #83 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use положить

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

  1. Past

    Я положил ключи на полку у двери.

    I put the keys on the shelf by the door.

  2. Future

    Я положу тебе ещё немного картошки.

    I'll put a little more potato on your plate.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы положил сахар, но его нет.

    I'd put sugar in, but there isn't any.

  4. Imperative

    Положи телефон и поешь спокойно.

    Put the phone down and eat in peace.

Good to know

  • Положить is to put something down, once: положить книгу на стол. At table it is to serve: положить салат. The imperfective is класть, a different word.

Where you hear положить

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 3

  • Положите себе салат. Help yourself to salad.
  • Я положила тебе пирог. I put a pie on your plate.
  • Я положу вам ещё. I'll give you some more.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.