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RUSSIAN VERB

спеть

to sing (once, a song through)

  • #202 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use спеть

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

  1. Past

    На свадьбе мы спели любимую песню бабушки.

    At the wedding we sang Grandma's favourite song.

  2. Future

    Я спою, если ты сыграешь.

    I'll sing if you play.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы спела, но горло болит.

    I'd sing, but my throat hurts.

  4. Imperative

    Спой ещё раз, только тише.

    Sing it again, only more quietly.

Good to know

  • Спеть is one song sung through; петь is singing as it goes. Спой! is sing for us!

Where you hear спеть

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Спой с нами одну песню. Sing one song with us.
  • Настя спела её лучше всех. Nastya sang it better than anyone.
  • Я спою, но только дома. I'll sing, but only at home.

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Спой с нами одну песню. Sing one song with us.
  • Настя спела её лучше всех. Nastya sang it better than anyone.
  • Я спою, но только дома. I'll sing, but only at home.
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The Yes That Means No

Fluency Level 1 · Кать, в следующий раз спой с нами.

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Kolobok

Fluency Level 2 · Лиса: сядь на нос, спой ещё. Сел, и съела.

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