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RUSSIAN VERB

убирать

to clean up, to put away

  • #221 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use убирать

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

  1. Present

    По субботам мы убираем квартиру вместе.

    On Saturdays we clean the flat together.

  2. Past

    Мама убирала в доме каждый день, не как я.

    Mum cleaned the house every day, not like me.

  3. Future

    Я буду убирать кухню, а ты комнату.

    I'll clean the kitchen, and you the room.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы убирала чаще, если бы кот не линял.

    I'd clean more often if the cat didn't shed.

  5. Imperative

    Убирай игрушки сразу, потом не найдёшь.

    Put the toys away straight away, or you won't find them later.

Good to know

  • Убирать квартиру is to clean the flat; убирать со стола, to clear the table; убирать вещи, to put things away. Убрать is once.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.