Skip to content
fluentbyear

RUSSIAN VERB

повернуть

to turn (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use повернуть

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

  1. Past

    Мы повернули не туда и заблудились.

    We took a wrong turn and got lost.

  2. Future

    За мостом я поверну направо, к рынку.

    After the bridge I'll turn right, towards the market.

  3. Conditional

    На твоём месте я бы повернул назад.

    In your place I'd turn back.

  4. Imperative

    Поверни ключ до конца, потом тяни.

    Turn the key all the way, then pull.

Good to know

  • Повернуть направо, налево is one turn on the way; повернуть ключ, to turn a key. Поворачивать is the imperfective.

Where you hear повернуть

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

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Поверни ключ, когда скажу. Turn the key when I say.
  • Я повернул ключ, и ничего. I turned the key, and nothing.
  • Поверну налево у магазина. I'll turn left at the shop.

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Поверни ключ, когда скажу. Turn the key when I say.
  • Я повернул ключ, и ничего. I turned the key, and nothing.
  • Поверну налево у магазина. I'll turn left at the shop.
8
The Tent and the Car

Advanced Level 1 · Теперь машина. Поверни ключ, когда скажу.

Needs a subscription 19
The Banya

Fluency Level 2 · Чуть было не повернул назад. Но прыгнул.

Needs a subscription

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.