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RUSSIAN VERB

выучить

to learn by heart (once)

  • #283 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he learned by heart
  2. она she learned by heart
  3. оно it learned by heart
  4. они they learned by heart

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would learn by heart
  2. она she would learn by heart
  3. оно it would learn by heart
  4. они they would learn by heart

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты learn by heart!
  2. вы learn by heart! (formal, or all of you)

How to use выучить

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

  1. Past

    Я выучил десять новых слов за завтраком.

    I learned ten new words over breakfast.

  2. Future

    К пятнице я выучу всю роль.

    By Friday I'll have the whole part by heart.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы выучил русский быстрее, живя в Москве.

    I'd learn Russian faster living in Moscow.

  4. Imperative

    Выучи адрес наизусть, на всякий случай.

    Learn the address by heart, just in case.

Good to know

  • Выучить is to learn until you know it: выучить стихотворение, выучить язык. Учить is the learning as it goes.

Where you hear выучить

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Выучи эту песню к пятнице. Learn this song by Friday.
  • Сэм выучил тост. Sam learned the toast.
  • Я выучу все слова. I'll learn all the words.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.