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RUSSIAN VERB

попасть

to get into, to hit

  • #46 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use попасть

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

  1. Past

    Мы попали под дождь без зонта.

    We got caught in the rain without an umbrella.

  2. Future

    Как нам попасть на другой берег?

    How do we get to the other bank?

  3. Conditional

    Без билета ты бы не попал в музей.

    Without a ticket you wouldn't have got into the museum.

  4. Imperative

    Попади в корзину с первого раза!

    Get it in the basket first time!

Good to know

  • Попасть is the perfective of попадать. Как попасть в центр? asks how to get there; попасть в цель is to hit the target, попасть под дождь to get caught in the rain.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.