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RUSSIAN VERB

приходиться

to be related to someone as; word for word, to come to someone as

  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

  1. я I am related to someone as
  2. ты you are related to someone as
  3. он, она, оно he/she is related to someone as
  4. мы we are related to someone as
  5. вы you all are related to someone as
  6. они they are related to someone as

Past

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

  1. он he was related to someone as
  2. она she was related to someone as
  3. оно it was related to someone as
  4. они they were related to someone as

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would be related to someone as
  2. она she would be related to someone as
  3. оно it would be related to someone as
  4. они they would be related to someone as

How to use приходиться

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

  1. Present

    А кем вы приходитесь невесте?

    And how are you related to the bride?

  2. Past

    Он приходился моей бабушке родным братом.

    He was my grandmother's own brother.

  3. Future

    Кем я буду приходиться твоим детям? Дядей.

    What will I be to your children? An uncle.

  4. Conditional

    Если бы они поженились, он бы приходился мне зятем.

    If they had married, he'd be my brother-in-law.

Good to know

  • Кем вы ей приходитесь? asks how you are related; the answer puts the relation in the instrumental: я прихожусь ей дядей. Мне приходится is another use: I have to.

Where you hear приходиться

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

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • А вы кем ей приходитесь? And what are you to her?
  • Он приходился ей дядей. He was her uncle.
  • Кем я буду приходиться Маше? Дядей. What will I be to Masha? An uncle.
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Who Is Who

Advanced Level 3 · А вы кем ей приходитесь? · Кем моя мама приходится Кате?

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