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RUSSIAN VERB

угощаться

to help oneself (to food)

  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use угощаться

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

  1. Present

    Гости угощаются пирогами и чаем.

    The guests are helping themselves to pies and tea.

  2. Past

    Мы угощались шашлыком до самого вечера.

    We feasted on shashlik right until evening.

  3. Future

    Завтра будем угощаться бабушкиными блинами.

    Tomorrow we'll be treating ourselves to Grandma's pancakes.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы угощалась, но я на диете.

    I'd help myself, but I'm on a diet.

  5. Imperative

    Угощайтесь, не стесняйтесь, всё свежее.

    Help yourselves, don't be shy, it's all fresh.

Good to know

  • Угощайтесь! is help yourself. What you help yourself to is in the instrumental: угощайтесь пирогом.

Where you hear угощаться

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

Russian · Beginner Level 1

  • Угощайтесь, пироги на столе. Help yourselves, the pies are on the table.
  • Мы угощались шашлыком. We were helping ourselves to shashlik.
  • Завтра будем угощаться грибами. Tomorrow we'll treat ourselves to mushrooms.

Russian · Fluency Level 3

  • Угощайтесь, пироги на столе. Help yourselves, the pies are on the table.
  • Мы угощались шашлыком. We were helping ourselves to shashlik.
  • Завтра будем угощаться грибами. Tomorrow we'll treat ourselves to mushrooms.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.