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RUSSIAN VERB

тронуться

to start moving (of a train, a car), once

  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he started moving
  2. она she started moving
  3. оно it started moving
  4. они they started moving

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would start moving
  2. она she would start moving
  3. оно it would start moving
  4. они they would start moving

How to use тронуться

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

  1. Past

    Поезд тронулся, и мама махала с платформы.

    The train moved off, and Mum waved from the platform.

  2. Future

    Автобус тронется, как только все сядут.

    The bus will move off as soon as everyone is seated.

  3. Conditional

    Машина тронулась бы, если бы ты отпустил тормоз.

    The car would move off if you released the brake.

Good to know

  • Тронуться is for a train or a car that starts moving: поезд тронулся. Трогаться is the imperfective; трогать is to touch.

Where you hear тронуться

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Сейчас тронемся. We'll be moving in a moment.
  • Поезд тронулся в одиннадцать десять. The train moved off at eleven ten.
  • Поезд тронется через минуту. The train will move off in a minute.
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Carriage Seven

Intermediate Level 1 · тронулся · Тронулся! Поехали!

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