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RUSSIAN VERB

заработать

to earn

  • #270 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use заработать

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

  1. Past

    За лето я заработал на новый инструмент.

    Over the summer I earned enough for a new instrument.

  2. Future

    На машину заработаем за год, если без отпуска.

    We'll earn enough for a car in a year, if we skip the holiday.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы заработал больше, но не хватает учеников.

    I'd earn more, but I don't have enough pupils.

  4. Imperative

    Заработай сначала сам, потом и трать, как хочешь.

    Earn it yourself first, then spend it however you like.

Good to know

  • Заработать is to earn, once: заработать на отпуск, to earn enough for a holiday. Of a machine, it is to start working: лифт заработал.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.