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RUSSIAN VERB

пробовать

to try, to taste

  • #189 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use пробовать

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

  1. Present

    Я пробую каждое новое блюдо, которое готовит твоя мама.

    I try every new dish your mum cooks.

  2. Past

    Я пробовала играть на пианино, но без терпения.

    I tried playing the piano, but had no patience.

  3. Future

    Я буду пробовать, пока не найду нужный звук.

    I'll keep trying until I find the right sound.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не пробовала грибы с рынка.

    I wouldn't try the mushrooms from the market.

  5. Imperative

    Пробуй, пока горячее, потом будет не то.

    Taste it while it's hot, later it won't be the same.

Good to know

  • Пробовать is to give a thing a go, or to taste it: пробовать суп; попробовать is the perfective. Пытаться is to attempt, стараться to try hard.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.