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RUSSIAN VERB

построить

to build (once)

  • #375 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use построить

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

  1. Past

    Дедушка построил этот дом своими руками.

    Grandpa built this house with his own hands.

  2. Future

    Мы построим на даче маленькую баню.

    We'll build a small banya at the dacha.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы построила дом у озера.

    I'd build a house by the lake.

  4. Imperative

    Построй сначала забор, потом крыльцо.

    Build the fence first, then the porch.

Good to know

  • Построить is to build and finish: построить дом. Строить is the building as it goes.

Where you hear построить

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Построим студию заново. We'll build the studio anew.
  • Зал построили семьдесят лет назад. The hall was built seventy years ago.
  • Летом я построю баню. In summer I'll build a banya.
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The Old Grand

Intermediate Level 1 · Да. Зал построили позже.

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