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RUSSIAN VERB

возвращаться

to come back, to return (the ongoing verb)

  • #355 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

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

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 возвращаться

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

  1. Present

    Муж возвращается с работы около семи.

    My husband comes back from work around seven.

  2. Past

    Мы возвращались домой пешком через парк.

    We were walking home through the park.

  3. Future

    Когда вы будете возвращаться в Москву?

    When will you be coming back to Moscow?

  4. Conditional

    Я бы возвращался раньше, но пробки.

    I'd come home earlier, but the traffic.

  5. Imperative

    Возвращайтесь скорее, мы будем скучать.

    Come back soon, we'll miss you.

Good to know

  • Возвращаться домой, с работы, из отпуска is coming back as it happens or every time; вернуться is once. Возвращайтесь! is come back soon.

Where you hear возвращаться

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

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Сэм возвращается в семь. Sam comes back at seven.
  • Мы возвращались домой пешком. We were walking back home.
  • Когда вы будете возвращаться? When will you be coming back?
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Leave to Care for the Child

Advanced Level 3 · Поздравляю! И возвращайтесь к осеннему концерту.

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