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RUSSIAN VERB

проработать

to work for a whole stretch of time, start to finish (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he worked for a whole stretch of time
  2. она she worked for a whole stretch of time
  3. оно it worked for a whole stretch of time
  4. они they worked for a whole stretch of time

Future

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

  1. я I will work for a whole stretch of time
  2. ты you will work for a whole stretch of time
  3. он, она, оно he/she will work for a whole stretch of time
  4. мы we will work for a whole stretch of time
  5. вы you all will work for a whole stretch of time
  6. они they will work for a whole stretch of time

Conditional

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

  1. он he would work for a whole stretch of time
  2. она she would work for a whole stretch of time
  3. оно it would work for a whole stretch of time
  4. они they would work for a whole stretch of time

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты work for a whole stretch of time!
  2. вы work for a whole stretch of time! (formal, or all of you)

How to use проработать

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

  1. Past

    Отец проработал на заводе сорок лет.

    My father worked at the factory for forty years.

  2. Future

    Я проработаю здесь до лета, потом уеду.

    I'll work here until summer, then I'll leave.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы проработал там дольше, но закрыли офис.

    I'd have worked there longer, but they closed the office.

  4. Imperative

    Проработай хотя бы месяц, а потом решай.

    Work at least a month, then decide.

Good to know

  • Про- in front of a verb covers a stretch of time from start to finish: проработать год, прожить лето, просидеть весь вечер.

Where you hear проработать

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

Russian · Fluency Level 3

  • Проработай здесь год, потом говори. Work here a year, then talk.
  • Я проработал здесь тридцать лет. I've worked here thirty years.
  • Я проработаю в школе ещё год. I'll work at the school one more year.
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The Song from Suzdal

Fluency Level 3 · Проработав здесь тридцать лет, я чистил и хуже.

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