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RUSSIAN VERB

погнать

to set off fast, to get going (once); in slang, off we go

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he set off fast
  2. она she set off fast
  3. оно it set off fast
  4. они they set off fast

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would set off fast
  2. она she would set off fast
  3. оно it would set off fast
  4. они they would set off fast

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты set off fast!
  2. вы set off fast! (formal, or all of you)

How to use погнать

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

  1. Past

    Мы погнали на море прямо после работы.

    We shot off to the sea straight after work.

  2. Future

    Сейчас доедим и погоним дальше.

    We'll finish eating and push on.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы погнала с вами, но машина в ремонте.

    I'd dash off with you, but the car's in the shop.

  4. Imperative

    Погони детей спать, уже одиннадцать.

    Shoo the kids off to bed, it's eleven already.

Good to know

  • Погнали! is the everyday let's go, off we go: the past form works as a command. Погнать кого-то спать is to shoo someone off to bed.

Where you hear погнать

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Погнали, пока Лёха не передумал. Off we go, before Lyokha changes his mind.
  • Мы погнали с головы без тебя. We went from the top without you.
  • Сейчас погоним ещё раз, легче. Now we'll go again, lighter.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.