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RUSSIAN VERB

пошутить

to make a joke, to joke (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he made a joke
  2. она she made a joke
  3. оно it made a joke
  4. они they made a joke

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would make a joke
  2. она she would make a joke
  3. оно it would make a joke
  4. они they would make a joke

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты make a joke!
  2. вы make a joke! (formal, or all of you)

How to use пошутить

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

  1. Past

    Я просто пошутила, не обижайся.

    I was only joking, don't be offended.

  2. Future

    Я пошучу, а ты не смейся.

    I'll make a joke, and don't you laugh.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы пошутила, но момент не тот.

    I'd make a joke, but it's not the moment.

  4. Imperative

    Пошути что-нибудь, а то все грустные.

    Crack a joke, everyone's so gloomy.

Good to know

  • Я пошутил is I was joking; шутить is the imperfective. Its table: пошучу, пошутишь.

Where you hear пошутить

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Пошути ещё раз, у тебя получается. Joke again, you're getting good at it.
  • Сэмыч пошутил по-русски, и зал засмеялся. Semych made a joke in Russian, and the room laughed.
  • Я пошучу про барабанщиков, как всегда. I'll make a joke about drummers, as always.
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A Piano in the Bushes

Fluency Level 1 · Он пошутил. По-русски.

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