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RUSSIAN VERB

повторить

to repeat, to say again

  • #395 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use повторить

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

  1. Past

    Учитель повторил вопрос два раза.

    The teacher repeated the question twice.

  2. Future

    Я повторю адрес ещё раз, медленно.

    I'll repeat the address once more, slowly.

  3. Conditional

    Вы бы не повторили последнее слово?

    Would you mind repeating the last word?

  4. Imperative

    Повторите, пожалуйста, я не расслышала.

    Say that again, please, I didn't catch it.

Good to know

  • Повторите, пожалуйста is the polite way to ask someone to say it again.

Where you hear повторить

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

Russian · Beginner Level 1

  • Повтори, пожалуйста, ещё раз. Say it again, please, once more.
  • Я повторила два раза. I repeated it twice.
  • Я повторю медленно. I'll say it again slowly.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.