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RUSSIAN VERB

вызвать

to call out, to send for (an ambulance, a taxi; once)

  • #136 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use вызвать

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

  1. Past

    Соседи вызвали скорую, и она приехала быстро.

    The neighbours called an ambulance and it came quickly.

  2. Future

    Я вызову такси на семь утра.

    I'll order a taxi for seven in the morning.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы вызвал мастера, а не чинил сам.

    I'd call a repairman instead of fixing it myself.

  4. Imperative

    Вызови врача, у ребёнка высокая температура.

    Call a doctor, the child has a high temperature.

Good to know

  • Вызвать скорую, врача, такси is to call them out to you. Вызывать is the imperfective.

Where you hear вызвать

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Вызови скорую! Call an ambulance!
  • Сначала вызвали скорую. First we called the ambulance.
  • Я вызову такси. I'll call a taxi.

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Вызови скорую! Call an ambulance!
  • Сначала вызвали скорую. First we called the ambulance.
  • Я вызову такси. I'll call a taxi.
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Why a Doctor

Intermediate Level 1 · вызвали скорую · Сначала вызвали скорую, потом ждали два часа.

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Mum Asks Where

Advanced Level 3 · Две машины. Я уже вызвал.

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