Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he pushed
- она she pushed
- оно it pushed
- они they pushed
RUSSIAN VERB
толкнуть
to push, to give a push (once)
- #481 most used
- Perfective verb
Conjugation
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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 толкнуть
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Past
Кто-то толкнул меня в автобусе и не извинился.
Someone shoved me on the bus and didn't apologise.
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Future
Я толкну дверь, а ты держи коробку.
I'll push the door, and you hold the box.
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Conditional
Я бы толкнул машину, но спина болит.
I'd push the car, but my back hurts.
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Imperative
Толкни посильнее, дверь просто застряла.
Push harder, the door's just stuck.
Good to know
- Толкнуть is one push: кто-то толкнул меня в метро. Толкать is the pushing as it goes.
Where you hear толкнуть
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Intermediate Level 2
- Толкни машину! Push the car!
- Мы толкнули машину. We pushed the car.
- Толкнём вместе. We'll push together.
Russian · Fluency Level 2
- Толкни машину! Push the car!
- Мы толкнули машину. We pushed the car.
- Толкнём вместе. We'll push together.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.