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RUSSIAN VERB

поверить

to believe, to trust (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use поверить

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

  1. Past

    Я сразу поверил ему, и зря.

    I believed him straight away, and I shouldn't have.

  2. Future

    Мама не поверит, что я сдала экзамен.

    Mum won't believe I passed the exam.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы поверил, если бы увидел сам.

    I'd believe it if I saw it myself.

  4. Imperative

    Поверь мне, этот фильм стоит посмотреть.

    Trust me, this film is worth seeing.

Good to know

  • Поверить кому-то is to believe someone; поверить во что-то is to believe in it. Поверь мне: trust me. Верить is the imperfective.

Where you hear поверить

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 3

  • Поверь мне, Сэм. Trust me, Sam.
  • Я поверил Диме. I believed Dima.
  • Мама не поверит. Mum won't believe it.
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Five White Roses

Intermediate Level 3 · Просто так. Поверь мне.

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