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RUSSIAN VERB

поздравить

to congratulate (once)

  • #298 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use поздравить

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

  1. Past

    Я поздравил сестру с днём рождения по телефону.

    I wished my sister happy birthday over the phone.

  2. Future

    Я поздравлю бабушку с праздником утром.

    I'll congratulate Grandma on the holiday in the morning.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы поздравил его, но не знал про свадьбу.

    I'd have congratulated him, but I didn't know about the wedding.

  4. Imperative

    Поздравь Диму от меня, он молодец.

    Congratulate Dima from me, he did well.

Good to know

  • Поздравить кого-то с чем-то: поздравить с днём рождения, с Новым годом. Поздравляю! is congratulations; поздравлять is the imperfective.

Where you hear поздравить

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 3

  • Поздравь Катю от меня. Congratulate Katya from me.
  • Вся студия поздравила Сэма. The whole studio congratulated Sam.
  • Я поздравлю её вечером. I'll congratulate her in the evening.
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Not a Request, an Order

Intermediate Level 3 · тебя можно поздравить

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