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RUSSIAN VERB

ходить

to go, to walk (on foot, there and back)

  • #65 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 ходить

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

  1. Present

    Я хожу в бассейн по средам.

    I go to the pool on Wednesdays.

  2. Past

    Вчера мы ходили в кино.

    Yesterday we went to the cinema.

  3. Future

    Теперь я буду ходить на работу пешком.

    From now on I'll walk to work.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы ходила в театр чаще, но дорого.

    I'd go to the theatre more often, but it's expensive.

  5. Imperative

    Ходи медленно, здесь везде лёд.

    Walk slowly, there's ice everywhere here.

Good to know

  • Ходить is walking regularly or there and back; one walk, one way, is идти.

Where you hear ходить

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

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Я хожу в парк каждый день. I go to the park every day.
  • Я ходил в парк. I went to the park.
  • Мы будем ходить пешком. We'll go on foot.

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Я хожу в парк каждый день. I go to the park every day.
  • Я ходил в парк. I went to the park.
  • Мы будем ходить пешком. We'll go on foot.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.