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RUSSIAN VERB

проходить

to come in, to go through

  • #44 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use проходить

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

  1. Present

    Каждый день я прохожу мимо этого кафе.

    Every day I walk past this cafe.

  2. Past

    Мы проходили через парк и видели белку.

    We were walking through the park and saw a squirrel.

  3. Future

    Вы будете проходить мимо почты?

    Will you be passing the post office?

  4. Conditional

    Я бы проходила здесь чаще, если бы жила рядом.

    I'd come this way more often if I lived nearby.

  5. Imperative

    Проходите, пожалуйста, не стойте в дверях.

    Come in, please, don't stand in the doorway.

Good to know

  • Проходите! is what a host says at the door: come in, come through.

Where you hear проходить

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

Russian · Beginner Level 1

  • Проходите, пожалуйста, на кухню. Come through to the kitchen, please.
  • Мы проходили мимо школы. We were walking past the school.
  • Завтра мы будем проходить мимо аптеки. Tomorrow we'll be passing the chemist's.

Russian · Beginner Level 3

  • Проходите, пожалуйста, на кухню. Come through to the kitchen, please.
  • Мы проходили мимо школы. We were walking past the school.
  • Завтра мы будем проходить мимо аптеки. Tomorrow we'll be passing the chemist's.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.