Basic Russian 3. Going Verbs: Directionality. Tenses. Aspects

This video is created for students who study Russian as a foreign language at the university. It expands the knowledge about the grammar concept of the verbs of motion. It explains the concept of directionality (unidirectional-multidirectional), tenses (present-past-future), and aspects (Imperfective-perfective) of “going verbs”. It also includes some practice to check your understanding. Recommended for the intermediate level.
If you would like to download the table with all the forms of the 8 verbs of going (PDF file - $0.90), go to my website: www.amazingrussian.com/buy-kupit
Watch the video that introduces the concept of motion verbs: • Video
Watch the video where you can practice “going verbs”: • Basic Russian 1. Liste...
Watch the video about "flying " verbs: лететь-летать: • Intermediate Russian. ...
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[@alexandrakovarova2607]

The best Russian teaching videos on youtube! Thank you and greetings from Slovakia!

[@AmazingRussian]

Alexandra Kovárová , спасибо!

[@stephenfowler9752]

Wow.. When I first began to review the "Verbs of Motion" (which I never could remember and didn't completely understand) I thought " This is hopeless! :-( BUT Olga has a way of nurturing the concepts and repeating the essential ideas over and over. Sometimes she reinforces a lesson point in the examples of other concepts. It is very clever and effective. I will need to review all of these videos but, at this moment, for a brief second, I think I know this pretty well. Thank you Olga.. I would hope we all occasionally reward Olga with a visit to PayPal in addition to our grateful words..

[@AmazingRussian]

Спасибо большое!

[@N201LJ2]

Большое спасибо. Ваши видеоролики о глаголах движения действительно самые лучшие в Интернете!

[@AmazingRussian]

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[@a.a8116]

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[@ifmackay]

Your videos on Verbs of Motion are excellent and very explicit. Thank you! I have been studying these for two weeks and only now understand what it is all about.

[@AmazingRussian]

Irene Mackay , спасибо большое!

[@sunving]

Thank you , wonderful lecture

[@user-td9jc2uw4d]

Благодарю за урок. Все прекрасно структурировано и оформлено.

[@AmazingRussian]

Саулия Жумагалиева , спасибо большое.

[@navykyawmin4260]

Thanks.❤

[@AmazingRussian]

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[@AmazingRussian]

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[@DaveTomasetti]

I did and I recommend it! very very clear and deep explained! I thought I already knew "Prefixed verbs of Going" but by reading your booklet , new "a-ha moments" came to me and all became clearer. Thank you for your really awsome job! большое спасибо

[@ogabekxidirov2260]

Спасибо

[@visiongia]

best teacher on YT!!!

[@AmazingRussian]

siraj nulla , спасибо за комплимент.

[@userclar-Bb7]

Счастливые часов не наблюдают! Очень хороший урок!😊

[@AmazingRussian]

Спасибо большое! Да, действительно, счастливые часов не наблюдают.

[@rraisinna1832]

Спасибо большое за классное видео

[@umarjulaev7337]

Спасибо за урок

[@juliangonzalezfernandez6222]

Super

[@Idontknow-go7qu]

Спасибо большое вам Ольга

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[@a.a8116]

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[@umarjulaev7337]

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[@mohammedsurge]

Спасибо, настоящая женщина

[@AmazingRussian]

mohammed , спасибо! Только настоящие женщины могут делать такие видеоролики, да? 😆

[@mohammedsurge]

Amazing Russian правда да, спасибо большое вам

[@heroskyhero]

Спасибо большое, мне много нравится твой урок, очень хорошо.😊

[@AmazingRussian]

gökalp gök , а мне очень нравится ваш комментарий.

[@hesse627000]

Could you, please, explain when and how to use the passive voice in Russian? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[@thsgame7227]

🇹🇷 спасибо 👏👏👏

[@runwalkhike]

Thanks!

[@AmazingRussian]

Спасибо большое!

[@runwalkhike]

Привет! Are you still selling your book on prefixed verbs of motion? The link in the notes under that video doesn't work anymore (both on KZbin and on your website). Спасибо!

[@AmazingRussian]

@@runwalkhike, here is the link: www.amazingrussian.com/product-page/prefixed-verbs-of-going-grammarreference-book

[@runwalkhike]

Большое спасибо! @@AmazingRussian

[@maisoonsh2123]

Спасибо большое вам

[@AmazingRussian]

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[@AmazingRussian]

TUYEN NGUYENDINH , пожалуйста!

[@tuyennguyendinh3027]

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[@AmazingRussian]

TUYEN NGUYENDINH , вот как! Желаю Вам успехов в изучении русского языка!

[@tuyennguyendinh3027]

да! спасибо большое вам!

[@rainierhiltermann1810]

You are the very best..!!

[@AmazingRussian]

Rainier Hiltermann , спасибо за комплимент.

[@mychannel-vt5fy]

Bolwoe spasibo prosta super

[@kanaalhelden7963]

Thank you for the upload. Very educational. I have a question. At 4.15 "они поехали ....." This is a perfective past. Do you mean that they went to the park? Is this action finished? Thank you!!

[@AmazingRussian]

Kanaal Helden , any prefix added to a verb of motion gives a verb a perfective meaning. Completion is one of the functions of perfective aspect. However, there are more. You can find answers in this playlist about the verbal aspect: kzbin.info/aero/PL9M6sOhyT_j8nTB_u-vFxCARJ-WDWtEoQ

[@viktorhartt841]

Спасибо огромное! я сразу купил ваш новый PDF! очень полезно!

[@AmazingRussian]

Viktor Hartt , спасибо Вам!

[@user-fv1pl3iy2g]

Amazing Russian что значит купил PDF? Что там есть и где он?

[@saraluvcats6891]

Thank you Olga ! I understood the motion verbs perfectly but when it's combined with (НСВ/СВ) verbs it confuse me 😓! + I've noticed that perfective motion verbs starting with (с) are not commonly used in Russian daily speech . Not sure if my feeling is correct or not :/

[@AmazingRussian]

Sara 2017, I thinks they are used as much as any other perfective verbs. 🙂

[@etirammehdiyev8382]

Спасибо за видео😗🖒

[@AmazingRussian]

Etiram Mehdiyev , спасибо за Ваши комментарии.

[@a.a8116]

🙂

[@gloriapallares7820]

Большое спасибо

[@gloriapallares7820]

Awesome explanation about this difficult subject 😊

[@AmazingRussian]

Спасибо, Gloria!

[@AmazingRussian]

Пожалуйста!

[@barbarossancakli2027]

thanks

[@AmazingRussian]

Barbaros Sancakli , you are welcome.

[@paolomemo1826]

Hello Ol'ga! I enjoyed very much the clarity and quality of this video too. As I'm writing in Quora, I mentioned and praised your site in a couple of posts, giving a link to your 5 videos set on НСВ - СВ. Would it be possible to create a link to your channel?

[@AmazingRussian]

Paolo Memo , thank you so much for appreciating my work. I am not quite sure I understand what you mean by “creating a link”. There is a link to my channel. Do you mean to embed the link in a post? If so, please do. In case I need to do something, please let me know. Thanks.

[@paolomemo1826]

@@AmazingRussian Well, I have been able to create a link to a given video (the first one of 5 on HCB CB ) but I don't know how to create a link to the portal of your channel. Yes, I would like to embed the address to it in a post.

[@AmazingRussian]

Paolo Memo , here is the link: kzbin.info/door/ymAc4YKWYjDqNnLoK7m-2A

[@paolomemo1826]

@@AmazingRussian Hello again Ol'ga, I've seen this post right now, I had already managed to get the link: it's enough quite simply to go to the little dots on the right upper corner of your main page and choose "share". The link is in a post answering the question "What are the best KZbin channels to learn Russian?"

[@mamapapafitness]

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[@AmazingRussian]

Arda SEÇKİN, welcome.

[@josematias2408]

Thanks, I'll see it more carefully.

[@elyassapand7112]

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[@AmazingRussian]

Elyas Sapand , пожалуйста. 🙂

[@2lioncobra]

I would love to download and buy the 'table with all the forms of the 8 verbs of going' PDF in your link, but the price listed at your website is $5.00 and not $0.90. I bought the Verbal Aspect PDF weeks ago. It's terrific!!

[@AmazingRussian]

dee hu , it is working now. Can you try again? Thank you so much.

[@2lioncobra]

Yes, it works now! Thanks for the price adjustments!

[@davidked]

Your lessons are awesome.

[@AmazingRussian]

David Kedrowski , thank you! 😊

[@leonardoguerrero1347]

gracias profe

[@AmazingRussian]

Leonardo Guerrero , you are welcome.

[@leonardoguerrero1347]

большое спасибо ... dios le bendiga por tan buena labor

[@maraj8215]

Olga, I have a question (min 8:38) Checking out in wiktionary, I found thet they also put поездить as the perfective form of ездить. Do you Russians use it frequently or not???

[@AmazingRussian]

Mara J , no, this verb is rarely used.

[@maraj8215]

@@AmazingRussian thank you

[@maraj8215]

Thanks for video!! Let me see if I understood (min 9:29) они пошли в школу = they went to the school (for example, this morning, yesterday). You just point out to the fact that they went to school at a specific moment (they're still in school) они ходили в школу = they used to go to school (an action that they used to do in the past, they're not in school anymore) Am I right?

[@AmazingRussian]

Mara J , они пошли в школу - they began the movement in one direction; they are not in school yet, still on their way to school. Ходили в школу (вчера, утром) - they were in school, but they are already back home.

[@maraj8215]

@@AmazingRussian понятно. Спасибо!

[@predragradinovic8532]

Whats the difference between сейчас and теперь

[@user-im5sx7ve7j]

Поехали, пошли, погнали можно как let's go использовать

[@AmazingRussian]

Смотря, какой стиль и уровень формальности.

[@paulbarrington7415]

I have trouble with the "set out for" poshlie,poshla,... Yesterday they set out for.... is not the same as yesterday they went...?? Or does it mean like, yesterday they set out for school but we do not know if they made it yet??? I guess my brain is trying to come up with a conversation that makes sense to me.

[@AmazingRussian]

Paul Barrington , пошли- поехали - means they started a movement, but not necessarily made it to the place yet. You are right. 🙂

[@tofinoguy]

Hi. At 3:53 you say that ходил is "going there and coming back:". Does that mean on the way back, or that they have come back? Because at 7:37 you write that cходил means "going there and coming back", Does that mean that they have arrived back? I'm confused.

[@AmazingRussian]

Glen, both ходил and сходил mean "went there and came back". The difference is how the speaker sees the action. In the first case (ходил), the focus is on the fact - he did go there. In the second (сходил) - the focus is on the result - he did it. In this video, the perfective verb сходить is not covered, but just mentioned (you can see it in the table in the blue cell). To differentiate between these two verbs you need better control over the verbal aspect, which comes with practice. Does it all make sense? Do not hesitate to ask questions to clear up your confusion. It is a difficult concept, and it takes time and practice. Respectfully,

[@tofinoguy]

Thank you. I've seen several sources, including Wade, state that the prefix 'c' in verbs of motion means to "come down from " or "to step off". Am I understanding them correctly?

[@AmazingRussian]

Glen MacPherson , not really. Verbs of motion with prefixes are different. Each prefix has a specific meaning. However, some prefixes are used to form perfective verbs, and they do not carry any meanings. Here is the link about imperfective-perfective verbs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6nRk2VvlsZ5abM

[@russiangrammar]

If you don't mind my chiming in - с- is tricky because it can be used in two ways. 1) As you saw in Wade, it can be used as a directional prefix (like при-, у-, and others) to make imperfective/perfective pairs with the meaning 'going down, stepping off,' like сходить/сойти: Не падали самолеты, не сходили с рельсов поезда.. = The planes didn't fall, the trains didn't go off the rails.. (imperf) Мы сошли с поезда в Красноуфимске = We got off the train in Krasnoufimsk. (perf) 2) C- also has a second, distinct usage: with multidirectionals like ходить, it can make perfectives (only - not imperfectives!) with the sense of a completed round trip, often (as Olga mentions) in the context where there's a result. Она сходила за газетой. = She went to fetch the newspaper. (she's now back, with the paper) The difference between Вчера мы ходили на концерт. and Она сходила за билетами. is subtle - Wade writes about it in point 337. But most books don't go into this before upper levels. If your course hasn't covered prefixes like при-, у, etc., I wouldn't worry about this too much yet. :)

[@AmazingRussian]

Russian grammar , спасибо. Никто бы не объяснил лучше!

[@pitwalltalk]

do you use сходить in sentences? i try to understand the function of this verb, i searched on internet and i still cant get it. so as i know ходить means going somewhere on foot and it is multidirectional verb. when i say я ходил в школу it means i went to school and i came back, i mean the action is finished, i am not in the school anymore, right? thats what i understood. but what is the difference if i say я сходил в школу ? in one website i found that сходил you went there only once, thats it. not repeated action. but as far as i know for such situations i should say я пошёл в школу right? it is just like math problem, i dont get it right

[@AmazingRussian]

Я пошёл - I am on the way to. Я ходил - fact; I was there, not any more there. Я сходил - I was there once. The shortest explanation of the situation. I hope it makes sense.

[@proquimica]

Hi, the table is no longer for selling?

[@AmazingRussian]

Sorry, the store has a new address: 4213297653016850.sellfy.store/

[@user-im5sx7ve7j]

Вчера Они шли в школу. Тоже нормально

[@AmazingRussian]

Правильно: Вчера они шли в школу в 8 часов/ когда я увидела их из окна. Нужен момент, когда протекало действие. Спасибо за комментарии!

[@dunbustin]

What the teacher refers to as multidirectional, is not really that, it is more that the travel is repeated or habitual. It does not suggest that the person or vehicle travels back from the destination.

[@Jin-oe6qb]

Здравствуйте! Спасибо за прекрасное видео. Я кореец который изучаю русский язык в Минске. Уже где-то год прошло. Пока не могу говорить на русском без ошибок:( можете объяснить пледлоги??

[@AmazingRussian]

JIN LEE , спасибо. О каких предлогах вы хотите узнать? Это огромная часть грамматики.

[@mystery.1136]

Why not using съездить for past and future??

[@AmazingRussian]

It has a slightly different meaning.

[@germansestopal6167]

Good afternoon. Thanks for your vídeos. So ...is not good to say я буду идти? Или я шёл в ванк? ,? спасибо большое

[@AmazingRussian]

These sentences are usually used in complex time sentences. In simple sentences, you should not use them.

[@germansestopal6167]

@@AmazingRussian спасибо большое

[@amarsalem5671]

Naste3raf bik ya Olga Geral.

[@olivereinar]

Solve me a doubt please. In 10:25, why one frase is "Они ещё не..." and the other is "Их уже нет..."? Why is not "Их ещё нет..." or "Они уже не..." or other combination with Они/Их and нет/не?

[@AmazingRussian]

_AmRThanks:Absence with НЕТ: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3aQm2xsrbWoras

[@disdonc6012]

In another video you used идти as well for future actions "I'm going to the park on Wednesday" or so. Here you say, you use пойти for the future. I don't get it.

[@user-er8lk2hw8j]

спасибо

[@AmazingRussian]

ahmed sharcas , пожалуйста.

[@MiltonJava]

Wow, I thought one could say Вчера, я поехал....I guess I didn't understand you don't use the perfective here. Though I suppose my Russian friends got the idea.

[@sabakhelashvili6360]

In the following two sentences Мои друзья ездили на Аляску летом. Им очень понравилось путешествие, you emphasise in the first one that the action is absolutely finished and have a result, so, why haven't you used there създили(perf.) instead of ездили? and in the second one, why have you used there понравилось(perf.)?

[@AmazingRussian]

Saba khelashvili , because at this point, we are not using perfective forms as stated in the video. All the forms are introduced gradually.

[@siazare6142]

Спасибо за видео, как всегда очень повезло! Какая разница между. Я пошёл вчера в ресторан, я ходил в ресторан вчера?

[@AmazingRussian]

Я рада, что видео было полезно для Вас. Ваш вопрос: "Я ходил в ресторан вчера" - это ФАКТ, я там был, но меня там уже нет. "Я пошёл в ресторан" - действие началось, но не закончилось. Например: - Где твой брат? - Он пошёл в ресторан. (Он уже не дома, он идёт в ресторан, но он ещё не в ресторане.) Или если это несколько последовательных действий, одно за другим, то всегда ПОШЁЛ: Сначала я посмотрел кино, потом пошёл в ресторан, а потом пошёл домой.

[@siazare6142]

Amazing Russian :огромное спасибо за заботу. Уже понял .

[@ravanmuradov2024]

Я не понял. Глагол идти в прошедшие время шёл, шла,шли. А почему было пошел, пошла,пошли в 2:22?

[@mattiacristina1931]

Hi, I am a Theacher. Can you do a video about going verbs with prefix ? Many Thanks

[@AmazingRussian]

Mattia Cristina , I am not planning to make those at this point. Maybe in the future. The channel Russian from Russia has wonderful videos on this topic: kzbin.info/aero/PLQE6UiJ7xOxQaOvM28n2d5HL3v2Qvwrs8

[@johnsenglishpage]

What do you theach?

[@markkram9331]

What''s the difference between the phrase "сегодня утром я ходил на почту" and the phrase "сегодня утром я сходил на почту?"

[@AmazingRussian]

Mark Kram , in the second «сходил», the result and the completion is important. Сходи на почту. Я уже сходил. In the first sentence with «ходил», the fact of going is important (I was there). Maybe to answer the question: Что ты делал утром? Я ходил на почту. I hope it makes sense. 😊

[@user-yx1jj1ef3p]

Дорогая учительница чета я не панимаю между ходит сходит, когда исползуем сходит ? Нпр ты сходиш в школу ? Или ходиш в школу ? Спасибо жду ответа

[@AmazingRussian]

Мижгона мусульманка , СХОДИТЬ - это глагол совершенного вида от ХОДИТЬ. В этом видео я говорю только о глаголе с одной приставкой ПО. Как использовать глаголы несовершенного и совершенного вида есть серия видео. Посмотрите в плейлисте, пожалуйста.

[@marialetiziaferrais7336]

Уважаемая Ольга, можно задать вопрос? Как объяснить школьникам употребление глаголы с приставкой По? Школьники обычно пишут ШЁЛ вместе того, что ПОШЁЛ. Это новый глагол путает...

[@AmazingRussian]

Я обычно говорю, что это начало движения. Но глагол ПОЙТИ в прошедшем времени лучше посмотреть в этом видео: Basic Russian II: Verbs of “Going”. Past Tense kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXO6nJusrdh1oKs

[@marialetiziaferrais7336]

@@AmazingRussian Спасибо Вам большое

[@andrewboddy2791]

08:37 HCB ? CB?

[@AmazingRussian]

andrew boddy , what’s the question?

[@andrewboddy2791]

pardon me for being so terse :) I try to understand the notation HCB and CB at time 08:37 (ah... maybe Russian grammar for imperfective and perfective)

[@andrewboddy2791]

... and thank you so much for these lessons, it has taken me many many years... TODAY I WILL CRACK THIS CODE !

[@AmazingRussian]

andrew boddy , yes, imperfective - нсв, perfective - св. Watch this: BEGINNING RUSSIAN: Verbal Aspectkzbin.info/aero/PL9M6sOhyT_j8nTB_u-vFxCARJ-WDWtEoQ

[@mercedes508notin]

Bonjour, vous parlez Français ? Привет, ты говоришь н а французском ?

[@AmazingRussian]

Mercedes 508 Notin , привет, я не говорю по-французски, к сожалению.

[@mercedes508notin]

Почему, к сожалению, мы можем сделать российскую биржу французской

[@predragradinovic8532]

Good videos but please translate better. In 12:14 you didnt translate word раньше that means "earlier". We dont know what that means so we need litterely be translated.

[@AmazingRussian]

The word раньше is in the active vocabulary in the very beginning Russian. This video is the third-semester Russian course. If you want to understand everything, you should watch the videos in sequence. It’s impossible to translate every single word in the video, and most importantly, not necessary. With best wishes.

[@predragradinovic8532]

@@AmazingRussian ok but its harder for me to undersand your words what they mean. It confusing me sometimes. But ok. Thank you anyway!

[@ricardoandres1981]

что значит «св»?

[@AmazingRussian]

Я хочу научиться говорить по-русски , св - глагол совершенного вида.

[@ricardoandres1981]

Спасибо

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

Доброе утро. Например: Я езжу в город машиной.

[@AmazingRussian]

Zulkifli Jamil , здравствуйте. Правильно, но я бы сказала «на машине».

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

Amazing Russian Я езжу в город на машине.

[@1rsalc]

Спасибо! Это правильно? Он пошёл на работу в 7 часов. Он шёл медленно и поэтому опоздовал.

[@AmazingRussian]

guitar107 , всё правильно. Только ОПОЗДАЛ.

[@rnjnj80]

@@AmazingRussian Почему вы решили, что имелось ввиду именно опоздал, а не опаздывал? Здесь же оба варианта возможны, только смысл будет разный.