Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he collected
- она she collected
- оно it collected
- они they collected
RUSSIAN VERB
собрать
to collect, to gather (once)
- #308 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 collect
- ты you will collect
- он, она, оно he/she will collect
- мы we will collect
- вы you all will collect
- они they will collect
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would collect
- она she would collect
- оно it would collect
- они they would collect
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты collect!
- вы collect! (formal, or all of you)
How to use собрать
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Past
Мы собрали друзей на день рождения.
We got our friends together for the birthday.
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Future
Я соберу чемодан вечером, не волнуйся.
I'll pack my suitcase in the evening, don't worry.
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Conditional
Я бы собрал вещи за десять минут.
I'd pack my things in ten minutes.
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Imperative
Собери игрушки, скоро придут гости.
Pick up your toys, guests are coming soon.
Good to know
- Собрать is to gather once: собрать вещи is to pack; собрать друзей, to get friends together. Собирать is the imperfective.
Where you hear собрать
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Intermediate Level 1
- Собери деньги за билеты. Collect the money for the tickets.
- Мы собрали двести десять тысяч. We collected two hundred and ten thousand.
- Мы соберём всех музыкантов. We'll gather all the musicians.
Russian · Intermediate Level 3
- Собери деньги за билеты. Collect the money for the tickets.
- Мы собрали двести десять тысяч. We collected two hundred and ten thousand.
- Мы соберём всех музыкантов. We'll gather all the musicians.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.