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RUSSIAN VERB

проиграть

to lose a game

  • #399 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he lost a game
  2. она she lost a game
  3. оно it lost a game
  4. они they lost a game

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would lose a game
  2. она she would lose a game
  3. оно it would lose a game
  4. они they would lose a game

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты lose a game!
  2. вы lose a game! (formal, or all of you)

How to use проиграть

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

  1. Past

    Вчера я проиграл твоему папе в шахматы.

    Yesterday I lost to your dad at chess.

  2. Future

    Если ты так играешь, ты проиграешь.

    If you play like that, you'll lose.

  3. Conditional

    Мы бы проиграли, если бы не вратарь.

    We'd have lost if it weren't for the goalkeeper.

  4. Imperative

    Только не проиграй деньги на отпуск.

    Just don't lose the holiday money.

Good to know

  • Проиграть is to lose a game or a bet, once: мы проиграли два ноль. Проигрывать is the imperfective; потерять is to lose a thing.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.