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RUSSIAN VERB

упасть

to fall (once)

  • #473 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use упасть

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

  1. Past

    Я упал на льду и ушиб колено.

    I fell on the ice and bruised my knee.

  2. Future

    Держись за перила, а то упадёшь.

    Hold the railing, or you'll fall.

  3. Conditional

    Без твоей руки я бы точно упал.

    Without your hand I'd definitely have fallen.

  4. Imperative

    Осторожно, не упади, ступеньки мокрые.

    Careful, don't fall, the steps are wet.

Good to know

  • Упасть is one fall: я упал на льду. Падать is the imperfective; цены упали is prices fell.

Where you hear упасть

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

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Осторожно, не упади! Careful, don't fall!
  • Я чуть не упал с лодки. I nearly fell out of the boat.
  • Не бойся, ты не упадёшь. Don't worry, you won't fall.

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Осторожно, не упади! Careful, don't fall!
  • Я чуть не упал с лодки. I nearly fell out of the boat.
  • Не бойся, ты не упадёшь. Don't worry, you won't fall.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.