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RUSSIAN VERB

отойти

to move away

  • #350 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use отойти

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

  1. Past

    Я отошёл на минуту, и очередь прошла.

    I stepped away for a minute and the queue moved on.

  2. Future

    Я отойду позвонить и сразу вернусь.

    I'll step away to make a call and come straight back.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы отошёл подальше от сцены, громко.

    I'd move further from the stage, it's loud.

  4. Imperative

    Отойди от края платформы, поезд идёт.

    Step back from the edge of the platform, the train's coming.

Good to know

  • Отойти is to step away: отойти от окна; отойти на минутку is to step out briefly. Отходить is the imperfective.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.