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RUSSIAN VERB

потратить

to spend (money, time), once

  • #269 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use потратить

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

  1. Past

    Я потратила на детские вещи всю премию.

    I spent my whole bonus on baby things.

  2. Future

    Я потрачу выходные на ремонт полки.

    I'll spend the weekend fixing the shelf.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы потратила эти деньги на отпуск.

    I'd spend that money on a holiday.

  4. Imperative

    Не потрать всё сразу, оставь на автобус.

    Don't spend it all at once, keep some for the bus.

Good to know

  • Потратить деньги, время на что-то: what it goes on takes на with the accusative. Тратить is the imperfective.

Where you hear потратить

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Я потрачу на ремонт сто тысяч. I'll spend a hundred thousand on the repair.
  • Мы потратили на детали неделю. We spent a week on the parts.
  • На кроватку мы потратим двадцать тысяч. We'll spend twenty thousand on the cot.
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You Should Have Said

Advanced Level 2 · И что теперь? Зря деньги потратил.

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