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RUSSIAN VERB

прилетать

to arrive by plane, to fly in

  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

  1. он he arrived by plane
  2. она she arrived by plane
  3. оно it arrived by plane
  4. они they arrived by plane

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would arrive by plane
  2. она she would arrive by plane
  3. оно it would arrive by plane
  4. они they would arrive by plane

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты arrive by plane!
  2. вы arrive by plane! (formal, or all of you)

How to use прилетать

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

  1. Present

    Родители прилетают в субботу утренним рейсом.

    My parents are flying in on Saturday on the morning flight.

  2. Past

    Раньше брат прилетал к нам каждое лето.

    My brother used to fly in to us every summer.

  3. Future

    Я буду прилетать в Москву раз в месяц.

    I'll be flying into Moscow once a month.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы прилетала чаще, но билеты дорогие.

    I'd fly in more often, but tickets are expensive.

  5. Imperative

    Прилетай на Новый год, мы тебя ждём.

    Fly in for New Year, we're expecting you.

Good to know

  • Прилетать is arriving by air, again and again or as it happens: прилетать в Москву. Прилететь is one arrival.

Where you hear прилетать

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 3

  • Они прилетают пятнадцатого. They land on the fifteenth.
  • Раньше они прилетали летом. They used to fly in in the summer.
  • Они будут прилетать каждый год. They'll be flying in every year.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.