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A22nd conjugationperfectivepf. реша́ть

реши́ть

Deciding and solving a problem are the same verb — which says something about how Russian sees both.

Quick answer

решу́, реши́шь, реши́т, реши́м, реши́те, реша́т

to decide, to solve. Perfective: решу́, реши́шь, реша́т. Imperfective реша́ть for the process.

Conjugation

PersonFuturePast
ярешу́реши́л
тыреши́шьреши́л
он / она́реши́треши́л / реши́ла
мыреши́мреши́ли
выреши́тереши́ли
они́реша́треши́ли
FormRussianNote
infinitiveреши́тьperfective
aspect partnerреша́тьthe imperfective: to be deciding, to work on a problem
futureрешу́the table is the future
imperativeреши́ / реши́теdecide! · solve it!
🔊 решу́ on the ending, then реши́шь

Which form to learn first

Я реши́л / реши́ла — “I have decided”, and Мы реши́м — “we’ll sort it out”.

Я реши́л оста́ться.I decided to stay.
Мы реши́м э́ту пробле́му.We will solve this problem.
Она́ до́лго реша́ла.She took a long time deciding.
Реши́те за́дачу.Solve the exercise.

Typical mistakes

Я реша́ю оста́ться — meaning a final decision

Я реши́л оста́ться.

A decision reached is perfective.

Я решу́ вчера́.

Я реши́л вчера́.

решу́ is the future.

Check yourself

How do you say “I have decided”?

A finished decision is the perfective past: реши́л.

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