Отбирать [Otbirat'] (to choose) conjugation

Russian
imperfective
13 examples
This verb can also mean the following: take, select, take away, single out.
This verb's imperfective counterpart: отобрать

Conjugation of отбирать

Я
Ты
Он/она
Мы
Вы
Они
Present tense
отбираю
otbiraju
I choose
отбираешь
otbiraesh'
you choose
отбирает
otbiraet
he/she chooses
отбираем
otbiraem
we choose
отбираете
otbiraete
you all choose
отбирают
otbirajut
they choose
Imperfective Imperative mood
-
отбирай
otbiraj
choose
-
-
отбирайте
otbirajte
choose
-
Он
Она
Оно
Они
Imperfective Past tense
отбирал
otbiral
he chose
отбирала
otbirala
she chose
отбирало
otbiralo
it chose
отбирали
otbirali
they chose
Conditional
отбирал бы
otbiral by
He would choose
отбирала бы
otbirala by
She would choose
отбирало бы
otbiralo by
It would choose
отбирали бы
otbirali by
They would choose
Pres. Act.
Past Act.
Pres. Pass.
Past Pass.
Present Adv.
Past Adv.
Participles
отбирающий
otbirajuščij
one who chooses
отбиравший
otbiravšij
one who chose
отбираемый
otbirajemyj
one who is chosen
отбирая
otbiraja
choosing
отбирав
otbirav
while choosing

Examples of отбирать

Example in RussianTranslation in English
- Я тщательно отбираю клиентов.- I choose my clients carefully.
Они не имели права, я отбираю.They've no right! I choose!
Она отбирает все вещи для каждого из номеров журнала.She chooses every single thing in every single issue.
Именно по таким вопросам мы отбираем наших студентов, а не только по ответам.It's by their questions that we choose our students, not only by their answers.
Мы опрашиваем их, и отбираем сто женщин, которых сочтем лучшими матерями.We interview them, and we choose the one hundred women we think will make the best mothers.
Они резвятся в Лесу Любви до первого своего дня рождения, тогда мы отбираем самых ужасно симпатичных... и набиваем их огнеупорным любовным пухом!They frolic in the Lovey Forest until their first birthday. Then we choose the cuddly-uddliest ones... ...andstuffthemfull of fire-retardant love fluff.
Часть первая... мы отбираем двести биологически пригодных суррогатных матерей из тысяч женщин, которые подходят по медицинским показателям.Part one... we choose two hundred biologically viable surrogates from the thousands of women who meet the agreed-upon medical criteria.
В следующий раз отбирайте людей более тщательно.Next time, choose your people more carefully.
Короче говоря, выродкам человеческой расы. Всем своих людей я отбирал лично.All my men, l have chosen... for their loyalty, their dedication to the coming age.
Кто отбирал заключённых?Who chose these people? Where'd you get them from?
Поэтому я так осторожно отбирал клиентов.That's why I chose my customers so carefully.
А как отбирали всех этих людей?How were all these people chosen?
Нигде не указано, кто эти эксперты, как их отбирали.Nowhere here does it say who these experts are, how they'll be chosen.

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