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прочитать (prochitat') means "to to read" in Russian. Past (imperfective): я (ya) прочитал / прочитала [prochital / prochitala], ты (ty) прочитал / прочитала [prochital / prochitala], он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) прочитал / прочитала / прочитало [prochital / prochitala / prochitalo], мы (my) прочитали [prochitali], вы (vy) прочитали [prochitali], они (oni) прочитали [prochitali]. Below: all 6 tenses we teach, with examples.
Drop -ть from the infinitive and add -л (masculine), -ла (feminine), -ло (neuter) or -ли (plural), agreeing with the subject's gender and number, never with person. Describes an action that was ongoing, repeated, or habitual in the past, or simply names a past fact without stressing that it was completed — this single form covers what English splits into "simple past" and "was doing."
| я (ya) | прочитал / прочитала [prochital / prochitala] |
| ты (ty) | прочитал / прочитала [prochital / prochitala] |
| он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) | прочитал / прочитала / прочитало [prochital / prochitala / prochitalo] |
| мы (my) | прочитали [prochitali] |
| вы (vy) | прочитали [prochitali] |
| они (oni) | прочитали [prochitali] |
Same -л/-ла/-ло/-ли formation, but on the perfective stem. Presents the action as a single completed event, usually with a result that still matters — this is the form that does the job of English's "present perfect" ("I have read it") as often as its simple past.
| я (ya) | прочитал / прочитала [prochital / prochitala] |
| ты (ty) | прочитал / прочитала [prochital / prochitala] |
| он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) | прочитал / прочитала / прочитало [prochital / prochitala / prochitalo] |
| мы (my) | прочитали [prochitali] |
| вы (vy) | прочитали [prochitali] |
| они (oni) | прочитали [prochitali] |
Perfective verbs take the same personal endings as the present tense, but on the perfective stem, giving a one-word simple future. Describes a single action that will be completed.
| я (ya) | прочитаю [prochitayu] |
| ты (ty) | прочитаешь [prochitayesh'] |
| он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) | прочитает [prochitayet] |
| мы (my) | прочитаем [prochitayem] |
| вы (vy) | прочитаете [prochitayete] |
| они (oni) | прочитают [prochitayut] |
Бы + the imperfective past (-л/-ла/-ло/-ли) form. Used for general or repeated hypotheticals, polite wishes, and requests where completion isn't the point.
| я (ya) | прочитал / прочитала бы [prochital / prochitala by] |
| ты (ty) | прочитал / прочитала бы [prochital / prochitala by] |
| он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) | прочитал / прочитала / прочитало бы [prochital / prochitala / prochitalo by] |
| мы (my) | прочитали бы [prochitali by] |
| вы (vy) | прочитали бы [prochitali by] |
| они (oni) | прочитали бы [prochitali by] |
Бы + the perfective past form. Used for a single hypothetical action seen as completed — the closest match to English's "would have done."
| я (ya) | прочитал / прочитала бы [prochital / prochitala by] |
| ты (ty) | прочитал / прочитала бы [prochital / prochitala by] |
| он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) | прочитал / прочитала / прочитало бы [prochital / prochitala / prochitalo by] |
| мы (my) | прочитали бы [prochitali by] |
| вы (vy) | прочитали бы [prochitali by] |
| они (oni) | прочитали бы [prochitali by] |
Ты/вы forms come from the present/future stem plus -й/-йте (or -и/-ите after a consonant cluster); мы uses давай(те) + infinitive or the perfective 1st-plural future; the 3rd persons use пусть + present/future.
| я (ya) | — |
| ты (ty) | прочитай [prochitay] |
| он / она / оно (on / ona / ono) | пусть прочитает [pust' prochitayet] |
| мы (my) | давайте прочитаем [davayte prochitayem] |
| вы (vy) | прочитайте [prochitayte] |
| они (oni) | пусть прочитают [pust' prochitayut] |
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