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RUSSIAN VERB

попробовать

to try, to taste

  • #190 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use попробовать

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

  1. Past

    Я попробовала борщ и попросила добавки.

    I tried the borscht and asked for seconds.

  2. Future

    Я попробую починить его сам.

    I'll try to fix it myself.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы попробовала, но боюсь острого.

    I'd try it, but I'm afraid of spicy food.

  4. Imperative

    Попробуй, это мамины пирожки с капустой.

    Try one, these are Mum's cabbage pies.

Good to know

  • Попробовать is both to taste (попробуй суп) and to have a go (попробую позвонить).

Where you hear попробовать

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

Russian · Beginner Level 1

  • Попробуй грибы! Try the mushrooms!
  • Я попробовал шашлык. I tried the shashlik.
  • Я попробую. I'll try it.

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Попробуй грибы! Try the mushrooms!
  • Я попробовал шашлык. I tried the shashlik.
  • Я попробую. I'll try it.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.