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RUSSIAN VERB

поздравлять

to congratulate

  • #299 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

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 поздравлять

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

  1. Present

    Поздравляю тебя с днём рождения!

    Happy birthday to you!

  2. Past

    Все поздравляли Катю с экзаменом.

    Everyone was congratulating Katya on her exam.

  3. Future

    В субботу будем поздравлять бабушку, ей восемьдесят.

    On Saturday we'll be congratulating Grandma, she's turning eighty.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы поздравлял тебя каждый год, если бы помнил дату.

    I'd congratulate you every year if I remembered the date.

  5. Imperative

    Поздравляй Диму, он сдал экзамен!

    Congratulate Dima, he's passed his exam!

Good to know

  • What you congratulate on comes after с: поздравляю с Новым годом, с днём рождения.

Where you hear поздравлять

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

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Поздравляю, Катя! Congratulations, Katya!
  • Все поздравляли Катю. Everyone was congratulating Katya.
  • Вечером будем поздравлять маму. In the evening we'll be congratulating mum.

Russian · Beginner Level 3

  • Поздравляю, Катя! Congratulations, Katya!
  • Все поздравляли Катю. Everyone was congratulating Katya.
  • Вечером будем поздравлять маму. In the evening we'll be congratulating mum.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.