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RUSSIAN VERB

успевать

to be in time, to manage (again and again)

  • #326 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use успевать

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

  1. Present

    Я ничего не успеваю, день слишком короткий.

    I don't get anything done, the day's too short.

  2. Past

    В школе я всегда успевал по математике.

    At school I always did well in maths.

  3. Future

    Ты не будешь успевать и работать, и учиться.

    You won't manage both working and studying.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы успевал больше, если бы вставал раньше.

    I'd get more done if I got up earlier.

  5. Imperative

    Успевай записывать, я повторять не буду.

    Keep up with your notes, I won't repeat it.

Good to know

  • Успевать is to keep up or to manage in time: я не успеваю means I'm running out of time. Успеть is once: мы успели на поезд.

Where you hear успевать

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

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Вы успеваете, срок ещё не вышел. You're in time, the term hasn't run out.
  • Я всегда успевала на утреннюю смену. I always made it to the morning shift.
  • Я буду успевать и в школу, и на настройки. I'll manage both the school and the tunings.
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Seven Working Days

Advanced Level 1 · Успеваете. Теперь разрешение.

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