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RUSSIAN VERB

попрощаться

to say goodbye

  • #291 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use попрощаться

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

  1. Past

    Я попрощалась с коллегами и поехала домой.

    I said goodbye to my colleagues and went home.

  2. Future

    Я попрощаюсь с бабушкой и выйду к тебе.

    I'll say goodbye to Grandma and come out to you.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы попрощалась, но ты уже спал.

    I'd have said goodbye, but you were already asleep.

  4. Imperative

    Попрощайся с дедушкой, мы уезжаем.

    Say goodbye to Grandpa, we're leaving.

Good to know

  • Попрощаться is one goodbye said: я попрощался и ушёл. Прощаться is the imperfective.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.