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RUSSIAN VERB

принимать

to take (medicine, vitamins); to receive

  • #119 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use принимать

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

  1. Present

    Я принимаю витамины два раза в день.

    I take vitamins twice a day.

  2. Past

    Раньше мастерская принимала клиентов только по записи.

    The workshop used to take clients by appointment only.

  3. Future

    Врач сказал, что я буду принимать железо до родов.

    The doctor said I'll be taking iron until the birth.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не принимал таблетки без врача.

    I wouldn't take pills without seeing a doctor.

  5. Imperative

    Принимай по одной таблетке после еды.

    Take one tablet after meals.

Good to know

  • Принимать лекарство is to take medicine; принимать гостей is to have guests round; принять is once.

Where you hear принимать

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Я принимаю витамины каждое утро. I take vitamins every morning.
  • Она принимала таблетки две недели. She took the tablets for two weeks.
  • Вы будете принимать витамины до мая. You will take vitamins until May.

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Я принимаю витамины каждое утро. I take vitamins every morning.
  • Она принимала таблетки две недели. She took the tablets for two weeks.
  • Вы будете принимать витамины до мая. You will take vitamins until May.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.