поговорить

Russian

Etymology

по- (po-) +‎ говори́ть (govorítʹ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəɡəvɐˈrʲitʲ]

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Verb

поговори́ть • (pogovorítʹ) pf (imperfective говори́ть or погова́ривать)

1. to have a conversation, to talk (used with с кем)
2. to talk (that lasts only a certain amount of time) (see по-)

Usage notes

Поговори́ть (Pogovorítʹ) has a more oral, real-time emphasis than the English equivalents "talk", "speak" etc. A Russian speaker may use it in isolation while conversing with someone by text to refer specifically to a real-time oral conversation, such as on a call or in real life, e.g., (while texting) Дава́й поговори́м (Daváj pogovorím, “Let's call (i.e. talk in real time with our mouths)”), although it can also be used to refer to text conversations.

Conjugation

Conjugation of поговори́ть (class 4b perfective intransitive)

Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

perfective aspect
infinitive	поговори́ть pogovorítʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	поговори́вший pogovorívšij
passive	—	—
adverbial	—	поговори́в pogovorív, поговори́вши pogovorívši
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	—	поговорю́ pogovorjú
2nd singular (ты)	—	поговори́шь pogovoríšʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	—	поговори́т pogovorít
1st plural (мы)	—	поговори́м pogovorím
2nd plural (вы)	—	поговори́те pogovoríte
3rd plural (они́)	—	поговоря́т pogovorját
imperative	singular	plural
	поговори́ pogovorí	поговори́те pogovoríte
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	поговори́л pogovoríl	поговори́ли pogovoríli
feminine (я/ты/она́)	поговори́ла pogovoríla
neuter (оно́)	поговори́ло pogovorílo