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вести́

Daily used word (top 300)

Verb aspects

Imperfective (ongoing or repeatedly):
to lead
Perfective (completed or one-time):

lead; behave; drive

to lead (take) someone/something (by foot); to drive (a vehicle)

Translation

  • 1.

    to lead, conduct, direct(вести́)

    See also води́ть

    Example: вести страну к светлому будущему - lead the country to a bright future
  • 2.

    to lead (take) someone/something (by foot)(води́ть)

    concrete

  • 3.

    to behave (oneself)(вести́)

    вел себя

  • 4.

    to drive (a vehicle)(води́ть)

    abstract

  • 5.

    to keep a diary(вести́)

  • 6.

    to drive(вести́)

  • 7.

    be engaged(вести́)

Usage info

вести́: unidirectional verb

води́ть: Multidirectional verb of motion

Examples

Past

imperfective
masculineвёл
feminineвела́
neuterвело́
pluralвели́

Present

 imperfective
яведу́
тыведёшь
он/она́/оно́ведёт
мыведём
выведёте
они́веду́т

Future

imperfective
ябу́ду вести́
тыбу́дешь вести́
он/она́/оно́бу́дет вести́
мыбу́дем вести́
выбу́дете вести́
они́бу́дут вести́

Imperatives

imperfective
тыведи́!
выведи́те!

Participles

Active present

веду́щий

leading

Active past

вёдший

someone who was doing
Passive present

ведо́мый

driven, supporting aircraft, second, wingman

Passive past

ведённый

something which was being done
Gerund present

ведя́

while doing (present)
Gerund past

вёдши

while doing (past)

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