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RUSSIAN VERB

угадывать

to guess (again and again)

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use угадывать

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

  1. Present

    Дети угадывают мелодии с первых нот.

    The children guess the tunes from the first notes.

  2. Past

    Мы угадывали, кто придёт первым.

    We were guessing who would come first.

  3. Future

    Я буду угадывать, а ты говори да или нет.

    I'll guess, and you say yes or no.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы не угадывал, а просто спросил.

    I wouldn't guess, I'd just ask.

  5. Imperative

    Угадывай дальше, у тебя две попытки.

    Keep guessing, you have two tries.

Good to know

  • Угадывать is guessing as a game or a habit; угадать is one guess that hits: угадал!

Where you hear угадывать

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Весь вечер угадывают. All evening they guess.
  • Мы угадывали фамилию до ночи. We were guessing the surname till night.
  • Не угадывай, спроси. Don't guess, ask.
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The Punchline

Fluency Level 2 · И весь дом угадывает. · Весь вечер угадывают. Ничего. И тут генерал зовёт врача.

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