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RUSSIAN VERB

отвести

to take, to lead away

  • #358 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use отвести

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

  1. Past

    Я отвёл сына в садик и пошёл на работу.

    I took my son to nursery and went to work.

  2. Future

    Я отведу тебя к хорошему зубному.

    I'll take you to a good dentist.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы отвёл собаку к ветеринару сегодня.

    I'd take the dog to the vet today.

  4. Imperative

    Отведи гостей в комнату, я накрою на стол.

    Take the guests to the room, I'll lay the table.

Good to know

  • Отвести is to take someone somewhere on foot: отвести ребёнка в сад. By car it is отвезти, one letter apart. Отводить is the imperfective.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.