Вести
The verb вести means to guide someone somewhere. It's a unidirectional verb that conjugates like this:
| Imperfective | |
| Infinitive | вести |
| Past | вёл вела вело вели |
| Present | веду ведёшь ведёт ведём ведёте ведут |
| Future |
буду вести будешь вести будет вести будем вести будете вести будут вести |
| Imperative | веди(те) |
Unidirectional verbs have multiple interpretations. The first one is applicable when you spot someone going somewhere with someone else.
| — Куда ты идёшь? — Я веду дочку в школу. |
“Where are you going?” “I'm taking my daughter to school.” |
Unidirectional verbs in the present tense also have the meaning of ‘intent in the immediate future’:
| — Какие у Ивана планы на вечер? — Он ведёт гостей из Астрахани на дискотеку. |
“What are Ivan's plans for the evenging?” “He's taking his guests from Astrakhan to a club.” |
In the past tense they focus on action in progress at a particular point of time:
| — Куда ты шла, когда я тебя увидел возле почты? — Я вела бабушку к врачу. |
“What were you doing yesterday when I saw you near the post office?” “I was taking my grandmother to the doctor.” |
1 comment
I know this verb is an oddball, but они “ведвелут"?
Don responds: Oops, thanks! Typo corrected.
03/11/14 @ 06:26
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