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RUSSIAN VERB

прожить

to live through a 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 lived through a stretch of time
  2. она she lived through a stretch of time
  3. оно it lived through a stretch of time
  4. они they lived through a stretch of time

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would live through a stretch of time
  2. она she would live through a stretch of time
  3. оно it would live through a stretch of time
  4. они they would live through a stretch of time

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты live through a stretch of time!
  2. вы live through a stretch of time! (formal, or all of you)

How to use прожить

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

  1. Past

    Я прожил в Петербурге пять лет.

    I lived in St Petersburg for five years.

  2. Future

    Мы проживём здесь ещё месяц, потом переедем.

    We'll live here another month, then move.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы прожил всю жизнь у моря.

    I'd live my whole life by the sea.

  4. Imperative

    Проживи этот день так, как хочешь.

    Live this day the way you want.

Good to know

  • Прожить is a stretch of life from start to finish: прожить год в Москве. Жить is the imperfective.

Where you hear прожить

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Проживём здесь ещё год. We'll live here one more year.
  • Я прожил год в Сокольниках. I lived a year in Sokolniki.
  • Он проживёт в Москве ещё год. He'll live in Moscow one more year.
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The Fellow Passenger

Intermediate Level 1 · он прожил год · Он прожил год у нас. Мама строгая.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.