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RUSSIAN VERB

решить

to decide (once)

  • #40 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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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 решить

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

  1. Past

    Мы решили поехать в Казань на поезде.

    We decided to go to Kazan by train.

  2. Future

    Я решу это до пятницы, обещаю.

    I'll decide by Friday, I promise.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы решила иначе, но тебе виднее.

    I'd have decided differently, but you know best.

  4. Imperative

    Реши сам, ты уже взрослый.

    Decide for yourself, you're grown up now.

Good to know

  • Решить is to decide, once, and also to solve: решить задачу. Решать is the imperfective.

Where you hear решить

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Реши сам. Decide for yourself.
  • И я решила: буду как он. And I decided: I'll be like him.
  • Я решу завтра. I'll decide tomorrow.

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Реши сам. Decide for yourself.
  • И я решила: буду как он. And I decided: I'll be like him.
  • Я решу завтра. I'll decide tomorrow.
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Why a Doctor

Intermediate Level 1 · Она выздоровела. И я решила: буду как он.

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Tickets to Kazan

Intermediate Level 1 · мы решили · Мы решили: купе.

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The Name

Advanced Level 2 · Мы ещё не решили.

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We Would Like to Ask

Advanced Level 3 · Мы решили. В июле.

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On the Stairs

Fluency Level 3 · Да вот, решили. Вид на жительство.

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