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RUSSIAN VERB

продавать

to sell

  • #266 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use продавать

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

  1. Present

    На рынке продают мёд с собственной пасеки.

    At the market they sell honey from their own hives.

  2. Past

    Бабушка продавала цветы у метро после работы.

    Grandma used to sell flowers by the metro after work.

  3. Future

    Квартиру будем продавать весной, когда цены вырастут.

    We'll sell the flat in spring, when prices go up.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не продавала дачу ни за какие деньги.

    I wouldn't sell the dacha for any money.

  5. Imperative

    Не продавай гитару, ты ещё пожалеешь.

    Don't sell the guitar, you'll regret it.

Good to know

  • Продавать is selling as a trade or as it goes; продать is one sale. Продаётся means for sale.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.