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RUSSIAN VERB

защитить

to defend, to protect

  • #406 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use защитить

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

  1. Past

    Я защитила диплом десять лет назад.

    I defended my thesis ten years ago.

  2. Future

    Я защищу тебя от любой собаки, обещаю.

    I'll protect you from any dog, I promise.

  3. Conditional

    Прививка защитила бы его от гриппа.

    The vaccine would have protected him from the flu.

  4. Imperative

    Защити рояль от солнца, задёрни шторы.

    Protect the piano from the sun, draw the curtains.

Good to know

  • Защитить is once: защитить диплом, защитить ребёнка. Its first person changes: защищу.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.