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RUSSIAN VERB

укачать

to make seasick, to rock to sleep (the subjectless verb for feeling sick)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. it made seasick

Future

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

  1. it will make seasick

Conditional

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

  1. it would make seasick

How to use укачать

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

  1. Past

    Меня укачало на пароме, еле дошла до каюты.

    I got seasick on the ferry, I barely made it to the cabin.

  2. Future

    Сядь вперёд, сзади тебя укачает.

    Sit at the front, in the back you'll get carsick.

  3. Conditional

    В лодке меня бы точно укачало.

    In a boat I'd definitely get seasick.

Good to know

  • There is no subject: меня укачало is I got seasick, carsick, with the sufferer in the accusative. With a subject it is one rocking to sleep: бабушка укачала её.

Where you hear укачать

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

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Меня укачало в лодке. I got seasick in the boat.
  • Машу укачало, и она уснула. The rocking sent Masha to sleep.
  • В автобусе тебя укачает, сядь вперёд. You'll get sick on the bus, sit at the front.
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A Hand in Baikal

Advanced Level 3 · А укачало человек пять.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.