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RUSSIAN VERB

развести

to draw apart, to raise (a bridge, once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use развести

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

  1. Past

    Мост развели ровно в час ночи.

    They raised the bridge at exactly one in the morning.

  2. Future

    Мост разведут в два, успеем перейти.

    They'll raise the bridge at two, we'll make it across.

  3. Conditional

    Мы бы развели костёр, но дрова мокрые.

    We'd light a fire, but the wood is wet.

  4. Imperative

    Разведи костёр, а я почищу рыбу.

    Light the fire, and I'll clean the fish.

Good to know

  • Развести is once: мост развели at one o'clock. Развести костёр is to light a fire.

Where you hear развести

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Мост разведут в час. They'll raise the bridge at one.
  • И потом мост развели. And then they raised the bridge.
  • Сегодня мост разведут в два. Tonight they'll raise the bridge at two.
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The Bridge Goes Up

Intermediate Level 1 · И потом мост развели.

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