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RUSSIAN VERB

взлететь

to take off, to fly up (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use взлететь

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

  1. Past

    Самолёт взлетел с опозданием на час.

    The plane took off an hour late.

  2. Future

    Мы взлетим через десять минут, выключи телефон.

    We'll take off in ten minutes, turn off your phone.

  3. Conditional

    Мы бы взлетели вовремя, если бы не туман.

    We'd have taken off on time if it weren't for the fog.

  4. Imperative

    Взлети над полем и сними деревню сверху.

    Fly up over the field and film the village from above.

Good to know

  • Взлететь is for planes and birds, once: самолёт взлетел. Взлетать is the imperfective; the opposite is сесть or приземлиться, to land.

Where you hear взлететь

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

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Самолёт взлетел. The plane has taken off.
  • Мы взлетели в девять утра. We took off at nine in the morning.
  • Когда самолёт взлетит, поедем домой. When the plane takes off, we'll go home.
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When She Starts Talking

Advanced Level 3 · когда самолёт взлетит

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