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RUSSIAN VERB

сварить

to cook, to boil (once, till it's done)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use сварить

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

  1. Past

    Бабушка сварила борщ на три дня.

    Grandma made enough borscht for three days.

  2. Future

    Я сварю кофе, пока ты одеваешься.

    I'll make coffee while you get dressed.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы сварил пельмени, но их нет.

    I'd cook pelmeni, but there aren't any.

  4. Imperative

    Свари яйца вкрутую для салата.

    Hard-boil the eggs for the salad.

Good to know

  • Сварить is to cook by boiling and have it ready: сварить суп, сварить кофе, сварить яйцо. Варить is the imperfective.

Where you hear сварить

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

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Я сварю кашу. I'll cook porridge.
  • Солдат сварил кашу из топора. The soldier cooked porridge from an axe.
  • Сварим суп на всех. We'll cook soup for everyone.
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Axe Porridge

Fluency Level 2 · А солдат: сварю кашу из топора!

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