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RUSSIAN VERB

знакомиться

to get acquainted

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  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use знакомиться

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

  1. Present

    В России я знакомлюсь с людьми в очередях.

    In Russia I meet people in queues.

  2. Past

    Она знакомилась с каждым соседом в подъезде.

    She got to know every neighbour in the building.

  3. Future

    Сегодня я буду знакомиться с твоими коллегами, волнуюсь.

    Today I'm meeting your colleagues, I'm nervous.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы знакомилась с родителями учеников заранее.

    I'd get to know the pupils' parents in advance.

  5. Imperative

    Знакомься, это Олег, мой первый ученик.

    Meet Oleg, my first pupil.

Good to know

  • Знакомиться с кем-то is to meet someone for the first time, with the instrumental. Познакомиться is once: познакомьтесь!

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.