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RUSSIAN VERB

удивляться

to be surprised

  • #421 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

  1. он he was surprised
  2. она she was surprised
  3. оно it was surprised
  4. они they were surprised

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use удивляться

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

  1. Present

    Я до сих пор удивляюсь московским расстояниям.

    I'm still surprised by Moscow's distances.

  2. Past

    Мама удивлялась, как ты быстро выучил язык.

    Mum was amazed at how quickly you learned the language.

  3. Future

    Не будем удивляться, если он опоздает.

    Let's not be surprised if he's late.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не удивлялась на твоём месте.

    I wouldn't be surprised if I were you.

  5. Imperative

    Не удивляйся, здесь зимой темнеет в четыре.

    Don't be surprised, here it gets dark at four in winter.

Good to know

  • Удивляться takes the dative: удивляться погоде, I'm surprised at the weather. Удивиться is once.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.