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RUSSIAN VERB

съесть

to eat up (one time); to swallow a sum

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use съесть

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

  1. Past

    Ты съел все пирожки, а гости ещё не пришли.

    You've eaten all the pies and the guests haven't come yet.

  2. Future

    Новая аренда съест половину зарплаты.

    The new rent will eat up half my salary.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы съела что-нибудь солёное прямо сейчас.

    I'd eat something salty right now.

  4. Imperative

    Съешь хоть бутерброд перед дорогой.

    Eat at least a sandwich before the journey.

Good to know

  • Съесть goes like есть: съем, съешь, съест, съедим. Аренда съела половину: the rent ate up half the money.

Where you hear съесть

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Съешь ещё блин. Eat one more pancake.
  • Аренда съела половину. The rent ate up half.
  • Аренда всё съест. The rent will eat it all.

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Съешь ещё блин. Eat one more pancake.
  • Аренда съела половину. The rent ate up half.
  • Аренда всё съест. The rent will eat it all.
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Let's Count

Advanced Level 2 · А аренда всё съест.

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Axe Porridge

Fluency Level 2 · Съели, а старуха: а топор?

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Kolobok

Fluency Level 2 · Навстречу заяц: я тебя съем!

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