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RUSSIAN VERB

доехать

to get somewhere by transport, to reach (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила

  1. он he got somewhere by transport
  2. она she got somewhere by transport
  3. оно it got somewhere by transport
  4. они they got somewhere by transport

Future

Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself

  1. я I will get somewhere by transport
  2. ты you will get somewhere by transport
  3. он, она, оно he/she will get somewhere by transport
  4. мы we will get somewhere by transport
  5. вы you all will get somewhere by transport
  6. они they will get somewhere by transport

Conditional

Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”

  1. он he would get somewhere by transport
  2. она she would get somewhere by transport
  3. оно it would get somewhere by transport
  4. они they would get somewhere by transport

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты get somewhere by transport!
  2. вы get somewhere by transport! (formal, or all of you)

How to use доехать

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Past

    Мы доехали до аэропорта за полчаса.

    We got to the airport in half an hour.

  2. Future

    На метро ты доедешь быстрее, чем на такси.

    By metro you'll get there faster than by taxi.

  3. Conditional

    Мы бы доехали раньше, но дорогу перекрыли.

    We'd have got there earlier, but the road was closed.

  4. Imperative

    Доезжай до конечной и позвони мне.

    Ride to the last stop and call me.

Good to know

  • Доехать до is to get somewhere by transport: как доехать до центра? asks the way.

Where you hear доехать

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Доедем за час? Will we get there in an hour?
  • Мы доехали за сорок минут! We got here in forty minutes!
  • Мы доедем до Петергофа за сорок минут. We'll get to Peterhof in forty minutes.

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Доедем за час? Will we get there in an hour?
  • Мы доехали за сорок минут! We got here in forty minutes!
  • Мы доедем до Петергофа за сорок минут. We'll get to Peterhof in forty minutes.
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Forty Minutes on the Water

Intermediate Level 1 · Мы доехали за сорок минут!

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Inviting Igor

Advanced Level 1 · До которой не доедешь? Приеду на электричке.

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