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RUSSIAN VERB

провести

to spend time; to conduct

  • #362 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use провести

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

  1. Past

    Мы провели выходные на даче у родителей.

    We spent the weekend at my parents' dacha.

  2. Future

    Я проведу урок, а потом поедем.

    I'll give the lesson, and then we'll go.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы провела отпуск у моря, а не в городе.

    I'd spend the holiday by the sea, not in the city.

  4. Imperative

    Проведи этот день с детьми, они скучают.

    Spend this day with the children, they miss you.

Good to know

  • Провести время, отпуск, выходные is to spend them; провести урок, встречу is to hold it. Проводить is the imperfective, and also to see someone off.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.