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RUSSIAN VERB

сделать

to do, to make (one time)

  • #14 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use сделать

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

  1. Past

    Я сделала всю работу за два часа.

    I did all the work in two hours.

  2. Future

    Я сделаю чай, а ты режь хлеб.

    I'll make tea, and you cut the bread.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы сделала это по-другому.

    I'd do it differently.

  4. Imperative

    Сделай музыку потише, пожалуйста, дети спят.

    Turn the music down a bit, please, the kids are asleep.

Good to know

  • Сделать is the finished job; делать is the doing.

Where you hear сделать

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

Russian · Beginner Level 3

  • Когда сделаешь? When will you do it?
  • Я сделал всё за три часа. I did it all in three hours.
  • Он сделает хорошо. He'll do it well.

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Когда сделаешь? When will you do it?
  • Я сделал всё за три часа. I did it all in three hours.
  • Он сделает хорошо. He'll do it well.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.