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RUSSIAN VERB

прилипнуть

to stick to something (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he stuck to something
  2. она she stuck to something
  3. оно it stuck to something
  4. они they stuck to something

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would stick to something
  2. она she would stick to something
  3. оно it would stick to something
  4. они they would stick to something

How to use прилипнуть

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

  1. Past

    Блин прилип к сковородке, первый всегда так.

    The pancake stuck to the pan, the first one always does.

  2. Future

    Не трогай краску, рука прилипнет.

    Don't touch the paint, your hand will stick.

  3. Conditional

    Язык бы не прилип, если бы ты не лизал качели.

    Your tongue wouldn't have stuck if you hadn't licked the swing.

Good to know

  • Прилипнуть к чему-то is to get stuck to it: жвачка прилипла к ботинку. Прилипать is the imperfective; липкий is sticky.

Where you hear прилипнуть

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

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • На морозе язык прилипнет. In the frost your tongue will stick.
  • Камертон прилип к губе. The tuning fork stuck to my lip.
  • Блин прилипнет к сковородке. The pancake will stick to the pan.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.