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RUSSIAN VERB

погулять

to go for a walk

  • #205 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he went for a walk
  2. она she went for a walk
  3. оно it went for a walk
  4. они they went for a walk

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would go for a walk
  2. она she would go for a walk
  3. оно it would go for a walk
  4. они they would go for a walk

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты go for a walk!
  2. вы go for a walk! (formal, or all of you)

How to use погулять

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

  1. Past

    После обеда мы погуляли по набережной.

    After lunch we took a walk along the embankment.

  2. Future

    Я погуляю с собакой, а ты накрой на стол.

    I'll walk the dog, and you set the table.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы погулял ещё, но ноги устали.

    I'd walk a bit more, but my feet are tired.

  4. Imperative

    Погуляй с детьми, пока я готовлю ужин.

    Take the kids for a walk while I make dinner.

Good to know

  • Погулять is one walk, from start to finish: пойти погулять is to go out for a bit. Гулять is the imperfective.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.