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RUSSIAN VERB

забыть

to forget (once, and it's forgotten)

  • #92 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use забыть

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

  1. Past

    Я забыл ключи в машине, подожди.

    I left my keys in the car, hang on.

  2. Future

    Я никогда не забуду этот вечер.

    I'll never forget this evening.

  3. Conditional

    Без списка я бы забыл половину продуктов.

    Without a list I'd forget half the groceries.

  4. Imperative

    Не забудь позвонить маме в воскресенье.

    Don't forget to call Mum on Sunday.

Good to know

  • Забыть is the perfective of забывать; не забудь! is don't forget.

Where you hear забыть

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Не забудь паспорт! Don't forget your passport!
  • Я забыл зарядку дома. I forgot my charger at home.
  • Я не забуду. I won't forget.

Russian · Intermediate Level 3

  • Не забудь паспорт! Don't forget your passport!
  • Я забыл зарядку дома. I forgot my charger at home.
  • Я не забуду. I won't forget.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.