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RUSSIAN VERB

вернуть

to return, to give back (one time)

  • #356 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use вернуть

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

  1. Past

    Сэм вернул мне книгу через месяц.

    Sam gave me the book back a month later.

  2. Future

    Я верну тебе деньги в пятницу.

    I'll give you the money back on Friday.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы вернула билет, но касса закрыта.

    I'd return the ticket, but the ticket office is closed.

  4. Imperative

    Верни ключи соседке, она ждёт.

    Give the keys back to the neighbour, she's waiting.

Good to know

  • Вернуть is to give something back; to come back yourself is вернуться.

Where you hear вернуть

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

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Верните коньки до девяти. Return the skates by nine.
  • Я вернул коньки в девять. I returned the skates at nine.
  • Я верну тебе книгу завтра. I'll give you the book back tomorrow.
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Beginner Level 2 · Вот, пожалуйста. Верните до девяти.

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