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To do/make in Russian 🇷🇺


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to do/make делать
How to say “to do/make” in Russian? “Делать”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “делать” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on to do/make in Russian like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

Russian Sentences with the Word “To do/make”

Russian sentence with “делать” English translation for делать S

Вы не могли бы сделать мне скидку?

Can you give me a discount?

Не могли бы вы сделать мне одолжение?

Could you do me a favour?

Что ты будешь делать в свой день рождения?

What will you do on your birthday?

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Tips to remember the Russian word:
– Visualize "deal" as in making a deal or doing business, which sounds similar to "делать".
– Associate "делать" with "delight", thinking that doing or making something often brings delight.

Explanations:
– "делать" means both "to do" and "to make" (similar to how Spanish uses "hacer" for both).
– It's a versatile verb used in many different contexts, from physical actions to abstract tasks.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Создавать (sozdavat') – to create.
– Выполнять (vypolnyat') – to carry out, to perform.
– Творить (tvorit') – to create (more artistic sense).

Conjugations:
Infinitive: делать (delat')

Present:
– Я делаю (ya delayu) – I do/am doing
– Ты делаешь (ty delayesh') – You do/are doing (singular, informal)
– Он/Она/Оно делает (on/ona/ono delayet) – He/She/It does/is doing
– Мы делаем (my delayem) – We do/are doing
– Вы делаете (vy delayete) – You do/are doing (plural, formal)
– Они делают (oni delayut) – They do/are doing

Past:
– Я делал/делала (ya delal/delala) – I did (male/female)
– Ты делал/делала (ty delal/delala) – You did (male/female, singular, informal)
– Он делал (on delal) – He did
– Она делала (ona delala) – She did
– Оно делало (ono delalo) – It did
– Мы делали (my delali) – We did
– Вы делали (vy delali) – You did (plural, formal)
– Они делали (oni delali) – They did

Future:
– Я буду делать (ya budu delat') – I will do/am going to do
– Ты будешь делать (ty budesh' delat') – You will do/are going to do (singular, informal)
– Он/Она/Оно будет делать (on/ona/ono budet delat') – He/She/It will do/is going to do
– Мы будем делать (my budem delat') – We will do/are going to do
– Вы будете делать (vy budete delat') – You will do/are going to do (plural, formal)
– Они будут делать (oni budut delat') – They will do/are going to do

Examples of sentences:
– Я делаю домашнее задание. (Ya delayu domashnee zadanie.) – I am doing my homework.
– Что ты делаешь? (Chto ty delayesh'?) – What are you doing?
– Он делал кухню. (On delal kukhnyu.) – He was making the kitchen.
– Мы будем делать проект вместе. (My budem delat' proekt vmeste.) – We will do the project together.
– Они сделали это сами. (Oni sdelali eto sami.) – They did it themselves.

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