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RUSSIAN VERB

прилететь

to arrive by plane, to fly in (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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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 прилететь

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

  1. Past

    Брат прилетел вчера вечером из Новосибирска.

    My brother flew in last night from Novosibirsk.

  2. Future

    Я прилечу в субботу утром, встретишь?

    I'll fly in Saturday morning, will you meet me?

  3. Conditional

    Я бы прилетела на свадьбу, но билетов не было.

    I'd have flown in for the wedding, but there were no tickets.

  4. Imperative

    Прилети хотя бы на выходные, мы скучаем.

    Fly in at least for the weekend, we miss you.

Good to know

  • Прилететь is to arrive by air: самолёт прилетел; улететь is to fly away. Прилетать is the imperfective.

Where you hear прилететь

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

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Прилетай в мае, будет тепло. Fly in in May, it will be warm.
  • Я прилетел с тремя словами по-русски. I flew in with three words of Russian.
  • Родители прилетят в субботу. My parents will fly in on Saturday.
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It Was Like This

Fluency Level 2 · Я прилетел с тремя словами по-русски.

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