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RUSSIAN VERB

спрятать

to hide something

  • #410 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use спрятать

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

  1. Past

    Куда ты спрятал мои очки, Сэм?

    Where did you hide my glasses, Sam?

  2. Future

    Я спрячу торт, пока дети не видят.

    I'll hide the cake while the kids aren't looking.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы спрятала телефон подальше на время ужина.

    I'd put the phone away out of reach for dinner.

  4. Imperative

    Спрячь кошелёк во внутренний карман.

    Put your wallet in the inside pocket.

Good to know

  • Спрятать is once: куда ты спрятал ключи? Спрятаться is to hide yourself: дети спрятались.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.