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RUSSIAN VERB

прятать

to hide something

  • #409 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use прятать

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

  1. Present

    Я прячу подарки на верхней полке шкафа.

    I hide the presents on the top shelf of the wardrobe.

  2. Past

    Бабушка прятала конфеты от нас в буфете.

    Grandma used to hide sweets from us in the sideboard.

  3. Future

    Я буду прятать ключ под ковриком, ладно?

    I'll hide the key under the mat, okay?

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не прятала деньги дома.

    I wouldn't hide money at home.

  5. Imperative

    Не прячь глаза, скажи правду.

    Don't hide your eyes, tell the truth.

Good to know

  • Прятать что-то is to hide a thing; прятаться is to hide yourself. The present changes: прячу, прячешь. Спрятать is once.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.