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RUSSIAN VERB

продолжить

to continue

  • #336 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use продолжить

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

  1. Past

    После обеда мы продолжили разговор.

    After lunch we continued the conversation.

  2. Future

    Я продолжу настраивать рояль после перерыва.

    I'll go on tuning the grand piano after the break.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы продолжила учёбу, если бы было время.

    I'd continue my studies if there were time.

  4. Imperative

    Продолжи рассказ, на чём ты остановился?

    Go on with the story, where did you stop?

Good to know

  • Продолжить is to pick something up again, once: продолжим завтра. Продолжать is the imperfective: продолжай! is go on!

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.