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RUSSIAN VERB

полюбить

to come to love, to take to (one time)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he came to love
  2. она she came to love
  3. оно it came to love
  4. они they came to love

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would come to love
  2. она she would come to love
  3. оно it would come to love
  4. они they would come to love

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты come to love!
  2. вы come to love! (formal, or all of you)

How to use полюбить

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

  1. Past

    Я полюбила Петербург с первого взгляда.

    I fell in love with St Petersburg at first sight.

  2. Future

    Ты полюбишь эту музыку, дай ей время.

    You'll come to love this music, give it time.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы полюбила зиму, если бы не темнота.

    I'd come to love winter if it weren't for the dark.

  4. Imperative

    Полюби себя сначала, потом других.

    Love yourself first, then others.

Good to know

  • Полюбить is the start of loving: я полюбил этот город. Любить is the loving itself.

Where you hear полюбить

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

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Полюбите наших детей, и они полюбят вас. Take to our children, and they'll take to you.
  • Я полюбил Москву зимой. I came to love Moscow in winter.
  • Дети вас полюбят. The children will love you.
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As a Tuner, Since Twenty Eighteen

Advanced Level 1 · Джаз? Дети вас полюбят.

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