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RUSSIAN VERB

поужинать

to have supper (one time)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use поужинать

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

  1. Past

    Мы поужинали и пошли гулять по набережной.

    We had supper and went for a walk along the embankment.

  2. Future

    Я поужинаю в поезде, не жди меня.

    I'll have supper on the train, don't wait for me.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы поужинала дома, в ресторанах дорого.

    I'd have supper at home, restaurants are expensive.

  4. Imperative

    Поужинай нормально, а не бутербродами.

    Have a proper supper, not just sandwiches.

Good to know

  • Поужинать is the one supper eaten: мы уже поужинали. Ужинать is the habit or the meal as it goes.

Where you hear поужинать

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 2

  • Давай поужинаем дома. Let's have supper at home.
  • Мы поужинали в девять. We had supper at nine.
  • Я поужинаю после работы. I'll have supper after work.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.