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RUSSIAN VERB

решать

to decide; to solve

  • #231 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use решать

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

  1. Present

    Мы ещё решаем, как назвать дочку.

    We're still deciding what to call our daughter.

  2. Past

    В школе я решал задачи быстрее всех.

    At school I solved problems faster than anyone.

  3. Future

    Будем решать вместе, а не ты один.

    We'll decide together, not you alone.

  4. Conditional

    Такие вопросы я бы решал с юристом.

    Questions like that I'd settle with a lawyer.

  5. Imperative

    Решай быстрее, поезд через десять минут.

    Decide quickly, the train's in ten minutes.

Good to know

  • Решать is deciding as it goes: мы ещё решаем; решать задачу is to solve a problem. Решить is once.

Where you hear решать

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Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Решаете ведь вы. After all, it's you who decides.
  • Мы долго решали, какую кроватку купить. We took a long time deciding which cot to buy.
  • Я буду решать после настройки. I'll decide after the tuning.
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The Grandfather's Grand

Advanced Level 2 · Или десять. Решаете ведь вы.

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