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RUSSIAN VERB

пообедать

to have lunch (one meal, finished)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use пообедать

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

  1. Past

    Мы пообедали в вагоне-ресторане, было вкусно.

    We had lunch in the dining car, it was good.

  2. Future

    Давай пообедаем в кафе у вокзала.

    Let's have lunch at the cafe by the station.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы пообедала дома, в кафе дорого.

    I'd have lunch at home, the cafe is expensive.

  4. Imperative

    Пообедай нормально, а не на ходу.

    Have a proper lunch, not on the go.

Good to know

  • Пообедать is one lunch eaten: мы уже пообедали. Обедать is the imperfective; обед is both lunch and the lunch break.

Where you hear пообедать

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

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Мы уже пообедали. We've already had lunch.
  • Вчера мы пообедали в вагоне-ресторане. Yesterday we had lunch in the dining car.
  • Пообедаем по местному времени. We'll have lunch by local time.
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Advanced Level 3 · пообедав

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