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RUSSIAN VERB

узнавать

to find out, to recognize

  • #281 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

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 узнавать

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

  1. Present

    Я каждый день узнаю что-то новое о Москве.

    Every day I find out something new about Moscow.

  2. Past

    Я узнавала расписание, поезд в семь вечера.

    I checked the timetable, the train is at seven in the evening.

  3. Future

    Я буду узнавать про билеты каждое утро.

    I'll check on the tickets every morning.

  4. Conditional

    Без очков я бы тебя не узнавала на улице.

    Without my glasses I wouldn't recognise you in the street.

  5. Imperative

    Узнавай цены заранее, здесь любят торговаться.

    Find out prices in advance, they like to haggle here.

Good to know

  • Узнавать is both to recognise, я тебя не узнаю, and to find out: узнавать новости. Узнать is once. Present: узнаю́, узнаёшь.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.