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RUSSIAN VERB

выздоравливать

to get well, to recover

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use выздоравливать

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

  1. Present

    Сэм уже выздоравливает, температуры нет.

    Sam is already getting better, no temperature.

  2. Past

    Я выздоравливал целую неделю после гриппа.

    I took a whole week to recover after the flu.

  3. Future

    Ты будешь выздоравливать дома, не в больнице.

    You'll be recovering at home, not in hospital.

  4. Conditional

    Он бы выздоравливал быстрее, если бы спал.

    He'd get better faster if he slept.

  5. Imperative

    Выздоравливайте и не выходите на мороз!

    Get well, and don't go out in the frost!

Good to know

  • Выздоравливайте! is what you say to someone who is ill: get well soon.

Where you hear выздоравливать

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

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Сэм болеет, но уже выздоравливает. Sam is ill, but he is already getting better.
  • Он долго выздоравливал. He took a long time to get well.
  • Ты будешь выздоравливать дома. You'll get better at home.

Russian · Intermediate Level 2

  • Сэм болеет, но уже выздоравливает. Sam is ill, but he is already getting better.
  • Он долго выздоравливал. He took a long time to get well.
  • Ты будешь выздоравливать дома. You'll get better at home.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.