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RUSSIAN VERB

успеть

to make it in time, to manage in time (once)

  • #100 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he made it in time
  2. она she made it in time
  3. оно it made it in time
  4. они they made it in time

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would make it in time
  2. она she would make it in time
  3. оно it would make it in time
  4. они they would make it in time

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты make it in time!
  2. вы make it in time! (formal, or all of you)

How to use успеть

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

  1. Past

    Мы успели на последнюю электричку.

    We caught the last suburban train.

  2. Future

    Не волнуйся, мы успеем до закрытия.

    Don't worry, we'll make it before closing.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы успела, если бы не пробка.

    I'd have made it if it weren't for the traffic.

  4. Imperative

    Успей купить билеты до пятницы.

    Make sure you buy the tickets before Friday.

Good to know

  • Успеть на поезд is to catch it; успеть сделать is to get it done in time. Я не успел: I ran out of time.

Where you hear успеть

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Успеем? Will we make it?
  • Успели. Еле-еле. We made it. Just.
  • Я успею на поезд. I'll make the train.

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Успеем? Will we make it?
  • Успели. Еле-еле. We made it. Just.
  • Я успею на поезд. I'll make the train.
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Three Minutes to Go

Intermediate Level 1 · Успели? · Успели. Еле-еле. · Я не успел.

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Carriage Seven

Intermediate Level 1 · Три чая, пожалуйста. Успели! Едем.

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Twenty Minutes on a Platform

Advanced Level 3 · Двадцать минут. Успеем.

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