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RUSSIAN VERB

прийти

to come, to arrive (on foot, one time)

  • #25 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use прийти

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

  1. Past

    Дима пришёл в семь, как обещал.

    Dima came at seven, as he promised.

  2. Future

    Я приду завтра после работы.

    I'll come tomorrow after work.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы пришла раньше, но автобус не шёл.

    I'd have come earlier, but the bus wasn't running.

  4. Imperative

    Придите завтра в десять с паспортом.

    Come tomorrow at ten with your passport.

Good to know

  • Прийти is one arrival; coming regularly is приходить. Прийти в гости is to come to visit.

Where you hear прийти

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

Russian · Beginner Level 2

  • Приходи к нам! Come to us!
  • Я пришла к вам. I came to you.
  • Я приду в семь. I'll come at seven.

Russian · Beginner Level 3

  • Приходи к нам! Come to us!
  • Я пришла к вам. I came to you.
  • Я приду в семь. I'll come at seven.

And 9 more lessons.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.