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RUSSIAN VERB

поставить

to put, to stand something somewhere (once)

  • #112 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use поставить

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

  1. Past

    Я поставил чайник, сейчас будем пить чай.

    I've put the kettle on, we'll have tea in a minute.

  2. Future

    Я поставлю цветы в воду, а ты раздевайся.

    I'll put the flowers in water, you take your coat off.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы поставил диван к окну.

    I'd put the sofa by the window.

  4. Imperative

    Поставь сумку на стул, а не на пол.

    Put the bag on the chair, not on the floor.

Good to know

  • Поставить is to put something upright: поставить чайник, поставить вазу на стол; a thing laid flat is положить. Ставить is the imperfective.

Where you hear поставить

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Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Поставь сюда. Put it here.
  • Я поставил стол под яблоней. I put the table under the apple tree.
  • Я поставлю стулья вдоль стены. I'll put the chairs along the wall.

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Поставь сюда. Put it here.
  • Я поставил стол под яблоней. I put the table under the apple tree.
  • Я поставлю стулья вдоль стены. I'll put the chairs along the wall.
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The Tent and the Car

Advanced Level 1 · Поставь сюда.

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The First Piano

Advanced Level 2 · Поставим обратно. Поднимаем!

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The Old Master

Fluency Level 2 · В семнадцать меня поставили на деки.

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