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RUSSIAN VERB

записать

to record (once, and finish it)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use записать

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

  1. Past

    Я записала твой номер в телефон.

    I saved your number in my phone.

  2. Future

    Мы запишем альбом в этой студии.

    We'll record the album in this studio.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы записала рецепт, но не было ручки.

    I'd have written down the recipe, but there was no pen.

  4. Imperative

    Запиши меня к врачу на четверг.

    Book me in with the doctor for Thursday.

Good to know

  • Записать is to get it down, once: записать номер, записать песню. Записаться к врачу is to make an appointment.

Where you hear записать

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Запиши этот куплет ещё раз. Record this verse once more.
  • Потом пришла певица и записала песню. Then a singer came and recorded a song.
  • Завтра мы запишем альбом. Tomorrow we'll record the album.

Russian · Fluency Level 3

  • Запиши этот куплет ещё раз. Record this verse once more.
  • Потом пришла певица и записала песню. Then a singer came and recorded a song.
  • Завтра мы запишем альбом. Tomorrow we'll record the album.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.