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RUSSIAN VERB

получаться

to work out, to come off

  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use получаться

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

  1. Present

    У меня не получается это слово.

    I can't get this word right.

  2. Past

    Утром у меня ничего не получалось.

    This morning nothing was working out for me.

  3. Future

    Будет получаться, только не бросай.

    It'll start working, just don't give up.

  4. Conditional

    Без тебя у меня бы ничего не получалось.

    Without you nothing would work out for me.

Good to know

  • У меня не получается is I can't manage it, it isn't working for me.

Where you hear получаться

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

Russian · Beginner Level 3

  • Не получается. It's not working.
  • Утром не получалось. This morning it wasn't working.
  • Будет получаться! It'll start working!

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.