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RUSSIAN VERB

предлагать

to offer, to suggest

  • #246 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use предлагать

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

  1. Present

    Я предлагаю поехать на дачу в выходные.

    I suggest we go to the dacha at the weekend.

  2. Past

    Хозяйка всё время предлагала нам добавки.

    The hostess kept offering us second helpings.

  3. Future

    Я не буду предлагать ему деньги, он обидится.

    I won't offer him money, he'll be offended.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы предлагала гостям чай сразу, с порога.

    I'd offer guests tea straight away, at the door.

  5. Imperative

    Предлагай свои идеи, не стесняйся.

    Put forward your ideas, don't be shy.

Good to know

  • Предлагать takes the infinitive or a noun: предлагать помочь, предлагать чай. Я предлагаю… starts a suggestion; предложить is once.

Where you hear предлагать

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 3

  • Папа предлагает помочь. Dad offers to help.
  • Игорь предлагал поехать в Казань. Igor suggested going to Kazan.
  • Мы будем предлагать чай и кофе. We'll be offering tea and coffee.
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Uncle Vova's Car

Intermediate Level 3 · Папа предлагает посмотреть.

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