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to drive (imperfective)
Stem change · 9 form tables
Includes aspect specific future forms, requests and conditional constructions. Stress marks are retained. Participles and verbal adverbs appear separately; a missing form is not supplied by this reference.
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Indicative
Present
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | I drive |
| ты | you drive |
| он / она / оно | he/she/it drives |
| мы | we drive |
| вы | you (plural) drive |
| они | they drive |
Past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | I drove |
| ты | you drove |
| он / она / оно | he/she/it drove |
| мы | we drove |
| вы | you (plural) drove |
| они | they drove |
Future
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | I will drive |
| ты | you will drive |
| он / она / оно | he/she/it will drive |
| мы | we will drive |
| вы | you (plural) will drive |
| они | they will drive |
Imperfective future
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | I will drive |
| ты | you will drive |
| он / она / оно | he/she/it will drive |
| мы | we will drive |
| вы | you (plural) will drive |
| они | they will drive |
Requests and wishes
Imperative
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ты | drive! |
| вы | drive! (plural) |
Let us
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| мы | let us drive (imperfective) |
Conditional
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | I would drive |
| ты | you would drive |
| он / она / оно | he/she/it would drive |
| мы | we would drive |
| вы | you (plural) would drive |
| они | they would drive |
So that / want someone to
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | so that I drive |
| ты | so that you drive |
| он / она / оно | so that he/she/it drive |
| мы | so that we drive |
| вы | so that you (plural) drive |
| они | so that they drive |
If … would
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| я | if I drive |
| ты | if you drive |
| он / она / оно | if he/she/it drive |
| мы | if we drive |
| вы | if you (plural) drive |
| они | if they drive |
Additional forms
Infinitive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| Form | to drive (imperfective) |
Present active participle
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| Form | one who is performing the action: to drive (imperfective) |
Past active participle
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| Form | one who was performing the action: to drive (imperfective) |
Simultaneous verbal adverb
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| Form | while performing the action: to drive (imperfective) |
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