Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he managed
- она she managed
- оно it managed
- они they managed
RUSSIAN VERB
смочь
to manage, to be able (once)
- #102 most used
- Perfective verb
Conjugation
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Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will manage
- ты you will manage
- он, она, оно he/she will manage
- мы we will manage
- вы you all will manage
- они they will manage
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would manage
- она she would manage
- оно it would manage
- они they would manage
How to use смочь
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Past
Я не смог открыть дверь, замок замёрз.
I couldn't open the door, the lock had frozen.
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Future
Ты сможешь забрать детей из школы?
Will you be able to pick the kids up from school?
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Conditional
Я бы смог помочь, если бы ты сказал раньше.
I could have helped if you'd told me earlier.
Good to know
- Смочь is the perfective of мочь: я смог, I managed to; я не смогу, I won't be able to.
Where you hear смочь
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Intermediate Level 1
- Сможешь прийти в субботу? Can you make it on Saturday?
- Не смог. Они разбухли. I couldn't. They swelled.
- Я смогу настроить его завтра. I'll be able to tune it tomorrow.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.