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RUSSIAN VERB

узнать

to find out; to recognise (once)

  • #54 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use узнать

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

  1. Past

    Я не узнала тебя без бороды.

    I didn't recognise you without the beard.

  2. Future

    Завтра мы узнаем результаты экзамена.

    Tomorrow we'll find out the exam results.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы узнала её голос из тысячи.

    I'd recognise her voice out of a thousand.

  4. Imperative

    Узнай, во сколько открывается музей.

    Find out what time the museum opens.

Good to know

  • Узнать is both to find out and to recognise: я узнал адрес, я тебя не узнал. Узнавать is the imperfective.

Where you hear узнать

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

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Узнай, когда начало. Find out when it starts.
  • Он узнал, что толстый генерал. He found out that the fat one was a general.
  • Завтра мы всё узнаем. Tomorrow we'll find everything out.
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The Scene and the Event

Fluency Level 2 · Он узнал, что толстый генерал, и побледнел.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.