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RUSSIAN VERB

послушать

to listen (a while, once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use послушать

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

  1. Past

    Я послушала твою песню, очень красиво.

    I listened to your song, it's very beautiful.

  2. Future

    Я послушаю новости и лягу спать.

    I'll listen to the news and go to bed.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы послушала её совета, она умная.

    I'd listen to her advice, she's smart.

  4. Imperative

    Послушай, давай поговорим спокойно, без крика.

    Listen, let's talk calmly, without shouting.

Good to know

  • Послушать is one listen: послушай! opens a request. Послушать музыку is to listen for a while. Слушать is the imperfective.

Where you hear послушать

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Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Послушайте, как оно звучит. Listen to how it sounds.
  • Она послушала и заплакала. She listened and began to cry.
  • Настройте, а я послушаю. Tune it, and I'll listen.

Russian · Fluency Level 3

  • Послушайте, как оно звучит. Listen to how it sounds.
  • Она послушала и заплакала. She listened and began to cry.
  • Настройте, а я послушаю. Tune it, and I'll listen.
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The Piano Under the Cover

Advanced Level 1 · Тогда настройте, а я послушаю.

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The Song from Suzdal

Fluency Level 3 · Послушав один раз,

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.