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RUSSIAN VERB

соврать

to tell a lie, to fib (once)

  • #416 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he told a lie
  2. она she told a lie
  3. оно it told a lie
  4. они they told a lie

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would tell a lie
  2. она she would tell a lie
  3. оно it would tell a lie
  4. они they would tell a lie

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты tell a lie!
  2. вы tell a lie! (formal, or all of you)

How to use соврать

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

  1. Past

    Он соврал, что был на работе.

    He lied that he was at work.

  2. Future

    Я не совру: пирог у тебя не получился.

    I won't lie: your pie didn't turn out.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы соврала, но ты всё равно узнаешь.

    I'd lie, but you'll find out anyway.

  4. Imperative

    Соври что-нибудь, только не говори, где я.

    Make something up, just don't say where I am.

Good to know

  • Соврать is one lie told; врать is lying in general: не ври мне. Солгать is the bookish word.

Where you hear соврать

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

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Я не совру: три кило. I won't lie: three kilos.
  • Он ни разу не соврал. He never once lied.
  • Маша не соврёт, она маленькая. Masha won't lie, she's little.
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The Fish That Got Away

Fluency Level 2 · ни разу не соврал

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