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RUSSIAN VERB

ужинать

to have dinner, to have supper

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use ужинать

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

  1. Present

    Мы обычно ужинаем в восемь, все вместе.

    We usually have dinner at eight, all together.

  2. Past

    Вчера мы ужинали в грузинском ресторане.

    Yesterday we had dinner at a Georgian restaurant.

  3. Future

    Сегодня будем ужинать на балконе, тепло.

    Tonight we'll have dinner on the balcony, it's warm.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы ужинал раньше, но поздно прихожу с работы.

    I'd have dinner earlier, but I get home from work late.

  5. Imperative

    Ужинай без меня, я задержусь.

    Have dinner without me, I'll be late.

Good to know

  • Завтракать, обедать, ужинать: breakfast, lunch and dinner each have their own verb. Поужинать is once.

Where you hear ужинать

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Мы ужинаем в девять. We have dinner at nine.
  • Вчера мы ужинали на Невском. Yesterday we had dinner on Nevsky.
  • Пойдём ужинать. Let's go and have dinner.

Russian · Intermediate Level 2

  • Мы ужинаем в девять. We have dinner at nine.
  • Вчера мы ужинали на Невском. Yesterday we had dinner on Nevsky.
  • Пойдём ужинать. Let's go and have dinner.
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Five Hours in the Hermitage

Intermediate Level 1 · Один пирожок, в одиннадцать. Пойдём ужинать.

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Thirty Working Days

Intermediate Level 2 · Даже если небо упадёт, будем ужинать.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.