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RUSSIAN VERB

подойти

to go up to, to come up to (one time)

  • #94 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he went up to
  2. она she went up to
  3. оно it went up to
  4. они they went up to

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would go up to
  2. она she would go up to
  3. оно it would go up to
  4. они they would go up to

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты go up to!
  2. вы go up to! (formal, or all of you)

How to use подойти

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

  1. Past

    Ко мне подошла женщина и спросила дорогу.

    A woman came up to me and asked the way.

  2. Future

    Я подойду к кассе и узнаю цену.

    I'll go up to the till and ask the price.

  3. Conditional

    Эти шторы подошли бы к детской.

    These curtains would suit the nursery.

  4. Imperative

    Подойди ближе, здесь плохо слышно.

    Come closer, you can't hear well here.

Good to know

  • Подойти к кому-то is to go up to someone; подойти also means to suit: это платье тебе подойдёт. Подходить is the imperfective.

Where you hear подойти

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Подойди к двери. Go up to the door.
  • Бабушка подошла к нам. The grandmother came up to us.
  • Я подойду и спрошу. I'll go up and ask.
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The Second Courtyard

Advanced Level 2 · Подойду к двери и позвоню?

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.