Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I push
- ты you push
- он, она, оно he/she pushes
- мы we push
- вы you all push
- они they push
RUSSIAN VERB
толкать
to push
- #480 most used
- Imperfective verb
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he pushed
- она she pushed
- оно it pushed
- они they pushed
Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will push
- ты you will push
- он, она, оно he/she will push
- мы we will push
- вы you all will push
- они they will push
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would push
- она she would push
- оно it would push
- они they would push
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты push!
- вы push! (formal, or all of you)
How to use толкать
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Я толкаю дверь, а она не открывается.
I'm pushing the door, but it won't open.
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Past
Мы вместе толкали машину из снега.
Together we pushed the car out of the snow.
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Future
Ты будешь толкать, а я рулить.
You'll push, and I'll steer.
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Conditional
Один я бы толкал её целый час.
Alone I'd be pushing it for a whole hour.
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Imperative
Не толкай меня, здесь скользко.
Don't push me, it's slippery here.
Good to know
- Толкать is to push; тянуть is to pull. On doors you'll read от себя, push, and к себе, pull.
Where you hear толкать
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Beginner Level 1
- Мы толкаем машину. We're pushing the car.
- Мы толкали машину. We were pushing the car.
- Вы будете толкать, а я поведу. You'll push, and I'll drive.
Russian · Beginner Level 3
- Мы толкаем машину. We're pushing the car.
- Мы толкали машину. We were pushing the car.
- Вы будете толкать, а я поведу. You'll push, and I'll drive.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.