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RUSSIAN VERB

поспать

to sleep a while, to get some sleep

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he slept a while
  2. она she slept a while
  3. оно it slept a while
  4. они they slept a while

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would sleep a while
  2. она she would sleep a while
  3. оно it would sleep a while
  4. они they would sleep a while

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты sleep a while!
  2. вы sleep a while! (formal, or all of you)

How to use поспать

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

  1. Past

    Я поспал полчаса в поезде, и хватит.

    I slept half an hour on the train, and that's enough.

  2. Future

    После смены я посплю часа три.

    After my shift I'll sleep for about three hours.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы поспал ещё, но будильник уже звонит.

    I'd sleep some more, but the alarm's already ringing.

  4. Imperative

    Поспи немного, ты за рулём с утра.

    Get some sleep, you've been driving since morning.

Good to know

  • По- in front of a verb is a while of it: поспать, to get some sleep; погулять, to walk a bit.

Where you hear поспать

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 2

  • Мне надо поспать. I need to get some sleep.
  • Я поспала два часа. I slept for two hours.
  • Я сначала посплю. I'll sleep first.
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The Morning After

Intermediate Level 2 · Она права, тебе лучше поспать.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.