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Perfectivepoletet

полететь

set off flying, fly off (one direction)

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
лететьtravel
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Aspect partner
лететь

Future tense#

Verbs of Motion
  • яIполечу
  • тыyou (sg)полетишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itполетит
  • мыweполетим
  • выyou (pl)полетите
  • ониtheyполетят

Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheполетел
  • онаsheполетела
  • оноitполетело
  • ониtheyполетели

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

полети

to a group / formal

полетите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastполетевший
  • Adverbial (past)полетев

Used with#

  • в + acc; на + acc; к + dat

    в + acc; на + acc; к + dat

Examples#

  • Завтра мы полетим в Москву.

    Tomorrow we'll fly to Moscow.

  • Птица полетела на юг.

    The bird flew off to the south.

About this verb#

  • Ingressive perfective of unidirectional лететь. Class 5b with the т→ч mutation in the 1sg only (полечу, полетишь). Pair contrast: полететь = set off flying in one direction (unidirectional source); полетать = fly around for a while (multidirectional source).

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