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Perfectivepovesti

повести

drive a car

Other meaningslead, conduct, direct; behave

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
вестиlead, conduct, direct
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
вести

Future tense#

Verbs of Motion
  • яIповеду
  • тыyou (sg)поведёшь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itповедёт
  • мыweповедём
  • выyou (pl)поведёте
  • ониtheyповедут

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheповёл
  • онаsheповела
  • оноitповело
  • ониtheyповели

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

поведи

to a group / formal

поведите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastповедший
  • Passive pastповедённый
  • Adverbial (past)поведя, поведши

Used with#

  • + Acc

    Я поведу детей в зоопарк.

    + accusative (direct object)

Examples#

  • Я поведу детей в зоопарк.

    I'll take the kids to the zoo.

  • Куда нас поведёт эта дорога?

    Where will this road lead us?

About this verb#

  • Class 7b perfective of вести with по- prefix. Short stem in the present-as-future: поведу, поведёшь, поведут (end-stress). Past has the typical -сть class pattern: повёл, повела, повело, повели. Ingressive ('start leading').

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