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to decline/reject, give up отказаться
How to say “to decline/reject, give up” in Russian? “Отказаться”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “отказаться” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on to decline/reject, give up in Russian like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips to remember the word 'отказаться':
– Think of "otkazatsya" as 'opting out'. Both start with "o" and the sense of refusal or rejection is present in both.
– Break the word into parts: "ot-ka-za-t-sya". "Ot" can imply "from" or "away" and "kazatsya" sounds like "kaz", which might remind you of "chaos" or "confusion", something one might want to avoid.

Explanations:
– 'Отказаться' (otkazatsya) means to decline, reject, or give up something.
– It is a reflexive verb, indicated by the ending "ся".

Other words that mean the same thing:
– отвергнуть (otvergnut') – to reject
– отрицать (otritsat') – to deny
– бросить (brosit') – to give up, to quit

Conjugations:
Infinitive:
– отказаться (otkazatsya)

Past:
– Я отказался/отказалась (Ya otkazalsya/otkazalas') – I declined/rejected (male/female)
– Ты отказался/отказалась (Ty otkazalsya/otkazalas') – You declined/rejected (male/female)
– Он отказался (On otkazalsya) – He declined/rejected
– Она отказалась (Ona otkazalas') – She declined/rejected
– Мы отказались (My otkazalis') – We declined/rejected
– Вы отказались (Vy otkazalis') – You (formal/plural) declined/rejected
– Они отказались (Oni otkazalis') – They declined/rejected

Present:
– (Present tense forms of 'отказаться' are not commonly used; it is more natural in Russian to use the perfective aspect for such verbs. Instead, the imperfective form 'отказываться' (otkazyvatsya) would be used.)
– Я отказываюсь (Ya otkazyvayus') – I am declining/rejecting
– Ты отказываешься (Ty otkazyvayesh'sya) – You are declining/rejecting
– Он/Она отказывается (On/Ona otkazyvayetsya) – He/She is declining/rejecting
– Мы отказываемся (My otkazyvayemsya) – We are declining/rejecting
– Вы отказываетесь (Vy otkazyvayetes') – You (formal/plural) are declining/rejecting
– Они отказываются (Oni otkazyvayutsya) – They are declining/rejecting

Future:
– Я откажусь (Ya otkazhus') – I will decline/reject
– Ты откажешься (Ty otkazhesh'sya) – You will decline/reject
– Он/Она откажется (On/Ona otkazhetsya) – He/She will decline/reject
– Мы откажемся (My otkazhemsya) – We will decline/reject
– Вы откажетесь (Vy otkazhetes') – You (formal/plural) will decline/reject
– Они откажутся (Oni otkazhutsya) – They will decline/reject

Examples of sentences:
– Я решил отказаться от участия. (Ya reshil otkazatsya ot uchastiya.) – I decided to decline the participation.
– Она отказалась от десерта. (Ona otkazalas' ot deserta.) – She gave up (declined) the dessert.
– Мы не можем отказаться от этого предложения. (My ne mozhem otkazatsya ot etogo predlozheniya.) – We cannot reject this offer.
– Он отказался помочь мне. (On otkazalsya pomoch' mne.) – He refused to help me.
– Они откажутся от своих планов. (Oni otkazhutsya ot svoikh planov.) – They will give up their plans.

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