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RUSSIAN VERB

подходить

to suit, to be convenient; to come up to

  • #349 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use подходить

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

  1. Present

    Эти ботинки мне не подходят, малы.

    These boots don't suit me, they're too small.

  2. Past

    Утро нам не подходило, мы договорились на вечер.

    The morning didn't suit us, we agreed on the evening.

  3. Future

    Поезд будет подходить к платформе медленно.

    The train will pull up to the platform slowly.

  4. Conditional

    Мне бы подходила работа поближе к дому.

    A job closer to home would suit me.

  5. Imperative

    Подходите ближе, не бойтесь, собака добрая.

    Come closer, don't be afraid, the dog's friendly.

Good to know

  • Подходить кому-то is to suit someone: это платье тебе подходит; подходить к is to walk up to. Подойти is once.

Where you hear подходить

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 2

  • Июль мне подходит. July suits me.
  • Вторник нам не подходил. Tuesday didn't suit us.
  • Дача им подойдёт. The dacha will suit them.

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Июль мне подходит. July suits me.
  • Вторник нам не подходил. Tuesday didn't suit us.
  • Дача им подойдёт. The dacha will suit them.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.