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RUSSIAN VERB

прыгнуть

to jump (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use прыгнуть

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

  1. Past

    Кот прыгнул на стол и опрокинул вазу.

    The cat jumped onto the table and knocked over the vase.

  2. Future

    Я прыгну первым, а ты за мной.

    I'll jump first, and you after me.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы прыгнула с парашютом, но страшно.

    I'd do a parachute jump, but it's scary.

  4. Imperative

    Прыгни, вода тёплая, здесь неглубоко.

    Jump, the water's warm, it's not deep here.

Good to know

  • Прыгнуть is one jump: прыгнуть в воду; прыгать is jumping that goes on. Прыгнуть с парашютом is to skydive.

Where you hear прыгнуть

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

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Я прыгну первым. I'll jump first.
  • Сэм прыгнул в озеро. Sam jumped into the lake.
  • Прыгнешь или нет? Are you going to jump or not?

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.