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RUSSIAN VERB

вернуться

to come back, to return (once)

  • #74 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he came back
  2. она she came back
  3. оно it came back
  4. они they came back

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

  1. он he would come back
  2. она she would come back
  3. оно it would come back
  4. они they would come back

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты come back!
  2. вы come back! (formal, or all of you)

How to use вернуться

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

  1. Past

    Мы вернулись из деревни поздно вечером.

    We got back from the village late in the evening.

  2. Future

    Я вернусь с работы к семи.

    I'll be back from work by seven.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы вернулась домой раньше, но автобус не пришёл.

    I'd have come home earlier, but the bus didn't come.

  4. Imperative

    Вернись, ты забыла телефон на столе.

    Come back, you forgot your phone on the table.

Good to know

  • Вернуться is to come back, once: я вернусь к ужину. Возвращаться is the imperfective; вернуть is to give something back.

Where you hear вернуться

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Я вернусь с квитанцией. I'll come back with the receipt.
  • Ты вернулся поздно. You came back late.
  • Вернётесь завтра, окно четыре. Come back tomorrow, window four.
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The Tax Office

Advanced Level 2 · Терминал в холле. Вернётесь с квитанцией, окно четыре.

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