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RUSSIAN VERB

вести

to lead, to take someone somewhere (on foot, one way)

  • #111 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use вести

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

  1. Present

    Я веду дочку в садик, перезвоню позже.

    I'm taking my daughter to nursery, I'll call you back.

  2. Past

    Экскурсовод вёл нас по старым улицам.

    The guide led us through the old streets.

  3. Future

    Завтра я буду вести машину, ты отдохни.

    Tomorrow I'll drive, you have a rest.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы вёл группу другой дорогой, короче.

    I'd take the group a different way, it's shorter.

  5. Imperative

    Веди меня, я здесь ничего не знаю.

    Lead the way, I don't know anything here.

Good to know

  • Вести is one trip on foot, leading someone: я веду сына в школу; водить is the habit. Вести машину is to drive.

Where you hear вести

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

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Его ведут в тюрьму. They take him to jail.
  • Я вела Машу за руку. I was leading Masha by the hand.
  • Завтра поведу детей в музей. Tomorrow I'll take the children to the museum.
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The Little Words

Fluency Level 2 · Его ведут в тюрьму, а он так ничего и не понял.

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