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RUSSIAN VERB

проводить

to see out, to see someone off

  • #361 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use проводить

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

  1. Past

    Мы проводили гостей до самого вокзала.

    We saw the guests off all the way to the station.

  2. Future

    Я провожу тебя до остановки.

    I'll walk you to the bus stop.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы проводил тебя, но жду звонка.

    I'd walk you home, but I'm waiting for a call.

  4. Imperative

    Проводи бабушку до лифта, пожалуйста.

    See Grandma to the lift, please.

Good to know

  • Проводить is to see someone off, once: проводить до метро, проводить старый год; its future is провожу, проводишь. The imperfective is провожать. There is a second проводить, to spend time or to hold a meeting, which is imperfective.

Where you hear проводить

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

Russian · Fluency Level 1

  • Мы всегда провожаем старый год вместе. We always see the old year out together.
  • Вчера мы провожали Диму на вокзале. Yesterday we saw Dima off at the station.
  • Я буду провожать тебя до метро. I'll walk you to the metro.
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To the Old Year

Fluency Level 1 · Сначала проводим старый год. За старый год!

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