Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he ate
- она she ate
- оно it ate
- они they ate
RUSSIAN VERB
поесть
to eat, to have something to eat (one time)
- Perfective verb
Conjugation
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Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will eat
- ты you will eat
- он, она, оно he/she will eat
- мы we will eat
- вы you all will eat
- они they will eat
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would eat
- она she would eat
- оно it would eat
- они they would eat
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты eat!
- вы eat! (formal, or all of you)
How to use поесть
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Past
Мы поели и пошли на каток.
We had something to eat and went to the rink.
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Future
Я поем дома, не жди меня.
I'll eat at home, don't wait for me.
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Conditional
Я бы поел, но пельмени ещё не готовы.
I'd eat, but the dumplings aren't ready yet.
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Imperative
Поешь что-нибудь перед дорогой, путь долгий.
Eat something before you go, it's a long way.
Good to know
- Поесть is to have something to eat, a bite; съесть is to eat something up.
Where you hear поесть
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Beginner Level 2
- Давай поедим! Let's eat!
- Мы поели блины на ярмарке. We had pancakes at the fair.
- Я поем дома. I'll eat at home.
Russian · Intermediate Level 2
- Давай поедим! Let's eat!
- Мы поели блины на ярмарке. We had pancakes at the fair.
- Я поем дома. I'll eat at home.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.