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RUSSIAN VERB

зайти

to drop in

  • #348 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use зайти

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

  1. Past

    По дороге я зашла в аптеку.

    On the way I dropped into the pharmacy.

  2. Future

    Я зайду к тебе после работы.

    I'll drop by your place after work.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы зашла, но было уже поздно.

    I'd have dropped in, but it was already late.

  4. Imperative

    Зайди за хлебом, пожалуйста, дома ни крошки.

    Pop in for bread, please, there's not a crumb at home.

Good to know

  • Зайти к кому-то is to drop in on someone; зайти за хлебом is to pop in for bread. Заходить is the imperfective; заходи! is come in.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.