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RUSSIAN VERB

привести

to bring (a person, on foot, one time)

  • #359 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use привести

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

  1. Past

    Я привёл сына на первую тренировку.

    I brought my son to his first training session.

  2. Future

    Я приведу с собой подругу, можно?

    I'll bring a friend along, is that okay?

  3. Conditional

    Я бы привёл собаку, но у вас кот.

    I'd bring the dog, but you've got a cat.

  4. Imperative

    Приведи детей к шести, ужин будет готов.

    Bring the children by six, dinner will be ready.

Good to know

  • Привести is to bring someone on foot: приведи друга. A thing is принести, someone by car привезти. Приводить is the imperfective.

Where you hear привести

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

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Приведи Сэма в школу в понедельник. Bring Sam to the school on Monday.
  • Я привела вам учителя. I've brought you a teacher.
  • Я приведу Настю на первый урок. I'll bring Nastya to the first lesson.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.