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RUSSIAN VERB

превратиться

to turn into, to become something else (once)

  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use превратиться

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

  1. Past

    За год деревня превратилась в большую стройку.

    In a year the village turned into one big building site.

  2. Future

    Если не поливать, сад превратится в пустыню.

    If you don't water it, the garden will turn into a desert.

  3. Conditional

    Без тебя этот вечер превратился бы в скуку.

    Without you this evening would have turned into a bore.

  4. Imperative

    Не превратись в своего начальника, прошу тебя.

    Don't turn into your boss, I beg you.

Good to know

  • Превратиться в is to turn into: вода превратилась в лёд. Превращаться is the imperfective; превратить is to turn something into something.

Where you hear превратиться

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

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Не стой на холоде, превратишься в сосульку. Don't stand in the cold, you'll turn into an icicle.
  • Месяц превратился в семью. The month turned into a family.
  • Студия превратится в большую. The studio will turn into a big one.
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Dad Says That

Advanced Level 1 · Он говорит, что месяц превратился в семью.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.