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RUSSIAN VERB

убрать

to clean up, to put away

  • #222 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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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 убрать

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

  1. Past

    Я убрала твои ноты в верхний ящик.

    I put your sheet music away in the top drawer.

  2. Future

    Уберу инструменты и сразу приду ужинать.

    I'll put my tools away and come straight to dinner.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы убрала эту вазу подальше от детей.

    I'd put that vase further away from the children.

  4. Imperative

    Убери, пожалуйста, телефон, мы же разговариваем.

    Please put your phone away, we're talking.

Good to know

  • Убрать is once: убери со стола, clear the table; убрать звук, turn the sound off.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.