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RUSSIAN VERB

пустить

to let in, to let someone go somewhere (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use пустить

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

  1. Past

    Охранник пустил нас без билетов.

    The guard let us in without tickets.

  2. Future

    Я не пущу тебя одного ночью в лес.

    I won't let you go into the forest alone at night.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы пустила кота в спальню, но ты против.

    I'd let the cat into the bedroom, but you're against it.

  4. Imperative

    Пусти собаку погулять во двор.

    Let the dog out into the yard for a run.

Good to know

  • Пустить кого-то is to let someone in or let them go: пусти меня, let me go. Пускать is the imperfective; впустить is to let in.

Where you hear пустить

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

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Пусти кота на кухню. Let the cat into the kitchen.
  • Кто пустил тебя на кухню в семь утра? Who let you into the kitchen at seven in the morning?
  • Я тебя в больницу без маски не пущу. I won't let you into the hospital without a mask.

Russian · Fluency Level 3

  • Пусти кота на кухню. Let the cat into the kitchen.
  • Кто пустил тебя на кухню в семь утра? Who let you into the kitchen at seven in the morning?
  • Я тебя в больницу без маски не пущу. I won't let you into the hospital without a mask.
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A Few Words First

Fluency Level 2 · Спасибо всем, кто пустил камеру.

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Seven in the Morning

Fluency Level 3 · Кто пустил тебя на кухню в семь утра?

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