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RUSSIAN VERB

пойти

to go, to set off on foot

  • #19 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use пойти

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

  1. Past

    После обеда мы пошли гулять в парк.

    After lunch we went for a walk in the park.

  2. Future

    Завтра утром я пойду в магазин.

    Tomorrow morning I'll go to the shop.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы пошёл с вами, но много работы.

    I'd go with you, but I have a lot of work.

  4. Imperative

    Пойди спроси у бабушки, где ключи.

    Go and ask Grandma where the keys are.

Good to know

  • Пойдём! is let's go. Пойти is the perfective of идти: one trip that starts.

Where you hear пойти

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

Russian · Beginner Level 1

  • Пойдём домой, уже поздно. Let's go home, it's late already.
  • Вчера мы пошли в кино. Yesterday we went to the cinema.
  • Завтра я пойду на работу пешком. Tomorrow I'll walk to work.

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Пойдём домой, уже поздно. Let's go home, it's late already.
  • Вчера мы пошли в кино. Yesterday we went to the cinema.
  • Завтра я пойду на работу пешком. Tomorrow I'll walk to work.

And 3 more lessons.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.