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RUSSIAN VERB

поехать

to set off (by vehicle)

  • #123 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use поехать

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

  1. Past

    В субботу мы поехали на озеро.

    On Saturday we drove to the lake.

  2. Future

    Летом я поеду к родителям в Казань.

    In the summer I'll go to my parents' in Kazan.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы поехала с вами на дачу.

    I'd go with you to the dacha.

  4. Imperative

    Поезжайте прямо, а потом направо.

    Go straight on, and then right.

Good to know

  • Поехали! is let's go, when there are wheels under you; the command to one person is поезжай.

Where you hear поехать

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

Russian · Beginner Level 1

  • Поехали! Off we go!
  • Мы поехали на дачу. We set off for the dacha.
  • Завтра поедем на озеро. Tomorrow we'll drive to the lake.

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Поехали! Off we go!
  • Мы поехали на дачу. We set off for the dacha.
  • Завтра поедем на озеро. Tomorrow we'll drive to the lake.
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Uncle Vova and the Car

Beginner Level 1 · Поехали!

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What Will You Do in Spring?

Beginner Level 2 · Ты поедешь домой?

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Baba Valya's Plan

Beginner Level 3 · Поедем туда в июне. Ты и я. · Еду. Поедем туда вместе.

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The First of September

Beginner Level 3 · Поедем в Петербург. Белые ночи.

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