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RUSSIAN VERB

запомнить

to remember, to commit to memory (once)

  • #280 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use запомнить

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

  1. Past

    Я запомнила дорогу с первого раза.

    I remembered the way the first time.

  2. Future

    Я запомню этот день навсегда.

    I'll remember this day forever.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы запомнила номер, если бы записала.

    I'd have remembered the number if I'd written it down.

  4. Imperative

    Запомни: ключ лежит под ковриком.

    Remember: the key is under the mat.

Good to know

  • Запомнить is to fix in memory; помнить is to have it in memory; вспомнить is to call it back.

Where you hear запомнить

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Слушатели запомнят одну фразу. Listeners will remember one sentence.
  • Я запомнила твою первую фразу. I remembered your first sentence.
  • Я запомню ваше имя. I'll remember your name.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.