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RUSSIAN VERB

угадать

to guess right

  • #420 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты guess right!
  2. вы guess right! (formal, or all of you)

How to use угадать

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

  1. Past

    Я угадал: это звонила твоя мама.

    I guessed right: that was your mum calling.

  2. Future

    Ты не угадаешь, кого я сегодня видела.

    You'll never guess who I saw today.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы угадал мелодию с трёх нот.

    I'd guess the tune from three notes.

  4. Imperative

    Угадай, что я тебе купила.

    Guess what I bought you.

Good to know

  • Угадать is to hit on the right answer: угадай, кто! is guess who! Угадывать is the trying.

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