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RUSSIAN VERB

прийтись

to have to; to fall to someone (it will fall to me)

  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. it had to

Future

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

  1. it will have to

Conditional

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

  1. it would have to

How to use прийтись

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

  1. Past

    Нам пришлось ждать автобус под дождём.

    We had to wait for the bus in the rain.

  2. Future

    Тебе придётся заплатить за второй чемодан.

    You'll have to pay for the second suitcase.

  3. Conditional

    Без машины пришлось бы идти пешком.

    Without a car we'd have had to walk.

Good to know

  • The person is in the dative and the verb stays in the third person: мне придётся, нам пришлось. Приходиться is the imperfective: мне приходится вставать рано.

Where you hear прийтись

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 2

  • Вам придётся подождать. You'll have to wait.
  • Мне пришлось начинать сначала. I had to start again.
  • Тебе придётся сдать экзамен. You'll have to pass the exam.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.