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RUSSIAN VERB

отъехать

to drive away from, to get some distance from (one trip)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use отъехать

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

  1. Past

    Мы отъехали от Москвы километров сто.

    We've driven about a hundred kilometres from Moscow.

  2. Future

    Как только отъедем от вокзала, пообедаем.

    As soon as we pull away from the station, we'll have lunch.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы отъехал подальше, здесь нельзя стоять.

    I'd move the car further off, you can't park here.

  4. Imperative

    Отъезжай немного назад, ты мешаешь автобусу.

    Back up a little, you're in the bus's way.

Good to know

  • Отъехать от is to move off a little way from a place: поезд отъехал от станции. Отъезжать is the imperfective, and gives the command: отъезжай.

Where you hear отъехать

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Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Мы отъехали от Москвы далеко. We've come a long way from Moscow.
  • Поезд отъехал от станции в шесть. The train pulled away from the station at six.
  • Через час мы отъедем от Урала. In an hour we'll have left the Urals behind.
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The Urals

Advanced Level 3 · Далеко мы отъехали?

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