Попробуй угадать, какой фильм мы посмотрим вечером.

Try to guess which movie we will watch this evening.

Breakdown of Попробуй угадать, какой фильм мы посмотрим вечером.

• мы: we
• фильм: the movie
• вечером: in the evening
• попробовать: to try

Questions & Answers about Попробуй угадать, какой фильм мы посмотрим вечером.

Why does the sentence start with Попробуй? What form is that?

Попробуй is the imperative form of попробовать (to try).

So Попробуй угадать means Try to guess.

A few useful points:

• Попробуй is the singular informal command, used when speaking to one person you address with ты.
• If you were speaking politely or to more than one person, you would say Попробуйте.
• In Russian, it is very common to use попробуй / попробуйте + infinitive to mean try to do something.

So:

• Попробуй угадать = Try to guess (to one person, informal)
• Попробуйте угадать = Try to guess (formal or plural)

Why are there two verbs together: Попробуй угадать?