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RUSSIAN VERB

дойти

to get as far as, to reach on foot (once)

  • #354 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he got as far as
  2. она she got as far as
  3. оно it got as far as
  4. они they got as far as

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would get as far as
  2. она she would get as far as
  3. оно it would get as far as
  4. они they would get as far as

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты get as far as!
  2. вы get as far as! (formal, or all of you)

How to use дойти

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

  1. Past

    Мы дошли до вокзала за двадцать минут.

    We walked to the station in twenty minutes.

  2. Future

    Я дойду до аптеки и сразу вернусь.

    I'll walk to the pharmacy and come straight back.

  3. Conditional

    Пешком мы бы дошли быстрее, чем на автобусе.

    On foot we'd have got there faster than by bus.

  4. Imperative

    Дойди до угла и поверни налево.

    Walk to the corner and turn left.

Good to know

  • Дойти до is to get as far as, on foot: дойти до метро. By transport it is доехать.

Where you hear дойти

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Дойдём до моста? Shall we walk as far as the bridge?
  • Мы дошли до Невы. We got as far as the Neva.
  • Я дойду сам. I'll get there on my own.

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Дойдём до моста? Shall we walk as far as the bridge?
  • Мы дошли до Невы. We got as far as the Neva.
  • Я дойду сам. I'll get there on my own.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.