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RUSSIAN VERB

подвинуться

to move up, to move over (once)

  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use подвинуться

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

  1. Past

    Все подвинулись, и мне нашлось место.

    Everyone moved up and there was room for me.

  2. Future

    Я подвинусь, садись рядом со мной.

    I'll move over, sit next to me.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы подвинулся, но тут чемодан.

    I'd move over, but there's a suitcase here.

  4. Imperative

    Подвиньтесь, пожалуйста, женщина с ребёнком.

    Move up, please, there's a woman with a child.

Good to know

  • Подвинься is move over, make room; подвинуть is to move a thing: подвинь стул. Подвигаться is the imperfective.

Where you hear подвинуться

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

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Подвинусь, садись. I'll move up, sit down.
  • Все подвинулись, и я сел. Everyone moved up, and I sat down.
  • Дима подвинется. Dima will move over.
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The Saturday Table

Fluency Level 2 · Подвиньтесь. В тесноте, да не в обиде.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.