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RUSSIAN VERB

прощать

to forgive (as a habit, or the forgiving itself)

  • #297 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use прощать

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

  1. Present

    Я прощаю тебя, но больше так не делай.

    I forgive you, but don't do that again.

  2. Past

    Бабушка всегда прощала нам любые шалости.

    Grandma always forgave us any mischief.

  3. Future

    Я не буду прощать опоздания каждый день.

    I won't forgive lateness every day.

  4. Conditional

    На твоём месте я бы его не прощала.

    In your place I wouldn't forgive him.

  5. Imperative

    Прощай людям мелочи, жить станет легче.

    Forgive people the small things, life gets easier.

Good to know

  • Прощать кого-то за что-то: the person forgiven is in the accusative. Простить is once: прости! is sorry, forgive me.
  • Прощай, the imperative, is also farewell, for good; до свидания is the everyday goodbye.

Where you hear прощать

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

Russian · Fluency Level 3

  • Прощаю. Пианино красивое. Forgiven. The piano is pretty.
  • Мама всегда прощала Диму. Mum always forgave Dima.
  • Я не буду прощать это каждый раз. I won't forgive this every time.
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From the Heart

Fluency Level 3 · Прощаю. Пианино красивое.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.