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RUSSIAN VERB

смазать

to grease, to oil (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use смазать

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

  1. Past

    Я смазал петли, и дверь больше не скрипит.

    I oiled the hinges, and the door doesn't creak any more.

  2. Future

    Сейчас смажу сковороду, и будем жарить блины.

    I'll grease the pan now, and we'll fry pancakes.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы смазал цепь, велосипед совсем сухой.

    I'd oil the chain, the bike is completely dry.

  4. Imperative

    Смажь блины маслом, пока они горячие.

    Butter the pancakes while they're hot.

Good to know

  • Смазать сковороду маслом is to grease the pan; смазать дверь, to oil a door. Смазывать is the imperfective.

Where you hear смазать

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

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Смажь сковороду. Grease the pan.
  • Я смазал сковороду маслом. I greased the pan with butter.
  • Сейчас смажу, и будем печь. I'll grease it now, and we'll bake.
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Two Hundred Grams of Flour

Advanced Level 3 · Немного в тесто, и смажь сковороду.

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