Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he caught
- она she caught
- оно it caught
- они they caught
RUSSIAN VERB
поймать
to catch (once)
- #184 most used
- 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 catch
- ты you will catch
- он, она, оно he/she will catch
- мы we will catch
- вы you all will catch
- они they will catch
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would catch
- она she would catch
- оно it would catch
- они they would catch
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты catch!
- вы catch! (formal, or all of you)
How to use поймать
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Past
Сегодня утром я поймал большую рыбу!
This morning I caught a big fish!
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Future
Мы поймаем такси у вокзала.
We'll catch a taxi by the station.
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Conditional
Я бы поймал, но рыба ушла.
I'd have caught it, but the fish got away.
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Imperative
Поймай мяч, Сэм, он летит к тебе!
Catch the ball, Sam, it's coming to you!
Good to know
- Поймать такси is also how you catch a taxi.
Where you hear поймать
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Beginner Level 3
- Поймай большую! Catch a big one!
- Я поймал рыбу! I caught a fish!
- Завтра поймаем ещё. Tomorrow we'll catch more.
Russian · Advanced Level 3
- Поймай большую! Catch a big one!
- Я поймал рыбу! I caught a fish!
- Завтра поймаем ещё. Tomorrow we'll catch more.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.