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RUSSIAN VERB

удаться

to succeed, to manage (once; the thing succeeds, the person is to me, to you)

  • #147 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use удаться

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

  1. Past

    Мне удалось достать билеты на концерт.

    I managed to get tickets for the concert.

  2. Future

    Надеюсь, нам удастся увидеться летом.

    I hope we'll manage to see each other in summer.

  3. Conditional

    Пирог удался бы лучше с другой мукой.

    The pie would have come out better with different flour.

Good to know

  • The thing that succeeds is the subject and the person is in the dative: мне удалось купить билеты. Вечер удался: the evening was a success.

Where you hear удаться

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Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Надеюсь, нам удастся. I hope we'll manage.
  • Мне удалось высушить деку. I managed to dry the soundboard.
  • Тебе удастся, я знаю. You'll manage, I know.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.