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RUSSIAN VERB

идти

to go, to walk (on foot, one way)

  • #9 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

  1. он he went
  2. она she went
  3. оно it went
  4. они they went

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would go
  2. она she would go
  3. оно it would go
  4. они they would go

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты go!
  2. вы go! (formal, or all of you)

How to use идти

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

  1. Present

    Я иду домой, позвони позже.

    I'm walking home, call me later.

  2. Past

    Мы шли по набережной до самого моста.

    We walked along the embankment right to the bridge.

  3. Future

    Мы будем идти пешком, тут недалеко.

    We'll go on foot, it's not far.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы шёл быстрее, но болит нога.

    I'd walk faster, but my leg hurts.

  5. Imperative

    Иди сюда, посмотри на это.

    Come here, look at this.

Good to know

  • Идти is one walk, going somewhere now; ходить is walking in general, or there and back.
  • Its past is odd: шёл, шла, шло, шли. Дождь идёт: it's raining; фильм идёт: a film is on.

Where you hear идти

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

Russian · Beginner Level 1

  • Я иду в огород. I'm going to the vegetable garden.
  • Мы шли на озеро. We were walking to the lake.
  • Завтра я буду идти пешком. Tomorrow I'll go on foot.

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Я иду в огород. I'm going to the vegetable garden.
  • Мы шли на озеро. We were walking to the lake.
  • Завтра я буду идти пешком. Tomorrow I'll go on foot.

And 8 more lessons.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.