Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I reach
- ты you reach
- он, она, оно he/she reaches
- мы we reach
- вы you all reach
- они they reach
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he reached
- она she reached
- оно it reached
- они they reached
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will reach
- ты you will reach
- он, она, оно he/she will reach
- мы we will reach
- вы you all will reach
- они they will reach
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would reach
- она she would reach
- оно it would reach
- они they would reach
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты reach!
- вы reach! (formal, or all of you)
How to use доходить
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Письма доходят до нас только через неделю.
Letters reach us only after a week.
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Past
Я доходила до работы за двадцать минут.
I used to walk to work in twenty minutes.
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Future
Автобус не будет доходить до центра, ремонт.
The bus won't go as far as the centre, roadworks.
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Conditional
Посылки бы доходили быстрее с другой почтой.
Parcels would arrive faster with a different post service.
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Imperative
Не доходи до остановки, я подберу тебя раньше.
Don't walk as far as the stop, I'll pick you up before it.
Good to know
- Доходить до is to get as far as, on foot or by post; дойти is once. До меня не доходит: I don't get it.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.