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RUSSIAN VERB

прочитать

to read through, to the end (once)

  • #396 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use прочитать

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

  1. Past

    Я прочитала договор дважды, всё понятно.

    I read the contract twice, it's all clear.

  2. Future

    Я прочитаю твоё письмо вечером, спокойно.

    I'll read your letter in the evening, in peace.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы прочитала инструкцию, прежде чем собирать.

    I'd read the instructions before assembling it.

  4. Imperative

    Прочитай вслух, что там написано мелким шрифтом.

    Read out what it says there in small print.

Good to know

  • Прочитать is to read it through, once: я прочитал книгу. Читать is the reading as it goes on.

Where you hear прочитать

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

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Прочитай мне список. Read me the list.
  • Я прочитала всё за вечер. I read it all in an evening.
  • Я прочитаю договор дома. I'll read the contract at home.

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Прочитай мне список. Read me the list.
  • Я прочитала всё за вечер. I read it all in an evening.
  • Я прочитаю договор дома. I'll read the contract at home.
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The List

Advanced Level 1 · Прочитай мне.

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The Small Print

Advanced Level 2 · Прочитай мне пункт пять.

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Point Nine

Advanced Level 2 · Вы всё прочитали?

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Told in the Present

Fluency Level 2 · Теперь прочитайте нам конец.

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The Speech on Paper

Fluency Level 3 · Прочитай, пожалуйста.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.