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RUSSIAN VERB

забрать

to take away, to pick up (one time)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use забрать

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

  1. Past

    Я забрала куртку из химчистки.

    I picked up the jacket from the dry cleaner's.

  2. Future

    Я заберу тебя с работы в шесть.

    I'll pick you up from work at six.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы забрала котёнка домой, но муж против.

    I'd take the kitten home, but my husband's against it.

  4. Imperative

    Забери свои вещи из машины.

    Take your things out of the car.

Good to know

  • Забрать is to take something or someone away with you: забрать детей из школы, забрать посылку. Забирать is the imperfective; its future is заберу.

Where you hear забрать

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 2

  • Забери справку в четверг. Pick up the certificate on Thursday.
  • Игорь забрал ключи. Igor took the keys away.
  • Я заберу разрешение завтра. I'll pick up the permit tomorrow.
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The Night Before the Exam

Intermediate Level 2 · Тогда я бы забрала пианино.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.