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RUSSIAN VERB

сфотографировать

to photograph, to take a photo of (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use сфотографировать

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

  1. Past

    Я сфотографировала закат с нашего балкона.

    I photographed the sunset from our balcony.

  2. Future

    Я сфотографирую меню и пришлю тебе.

    I'll take a photo of the menu and send it to you.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы сфотографировала собор, но шёл дождь.

    I'd have photographed the cathedral, but it was raining.

  4. Imperative

    Сфотографируй нас на фоне моста, пожалуйста.

    Take a photo of us in front of the bridge, please.

Good to know

  • Сфотографировать is one photo taken: сфотографируйте нас, пожалуйста. Фотографировать is the imperfective; сфотографироваться is to have your photo taken.

Where you hear сфотографировать

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 3

  • Сфотографируйте нас, пожалуйста. Take a photo of us, please.
  • Он сфотографировал нас с собором. He photographed us with the cathedral.
  • Я вас сфотографирую. I'll take a photo of you.
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Red Square

Intermediate Level 3 · нас сфотографировать

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