ката́ть

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verbmultidirectional motion (partner кати́ть)imperfective perfective is поката́ть

1.
to roll
Она́ ката́ет ша́рики из теста.
She is rolling little balls of dough.
Multidirectional (indeterminate) counterpart of «катить»: back and forth or in various directions.
2.
to roll, to trundle
Снача́ла она́ слепи́ла снежо́к, а потом ката́ла его по сне́гу.
First she made a snowball and then rolled it through the snow.
3.
to wheel, to push (something on wheels)
Ба́бушка ката́ет коля́ску по парку.
Grandma is wheeling the pram around the park.
4.
to take for a drive, to take for a ride, to drive around
Он ката́л нас по го́роду на но́вой маши́не.
He drove us around town in his new car.

Motion info

кати́ть/ката́ть is a verb of motion pair:

· кати́ть is unidirectional → go right now or in a specific single trip.

· ката́ть is multidirectional → habitual movement, repeated trips, or there-and-back movement.

кати́ть/ката́ть are both imperfective and thus focus on the process. Use the perfective aspect partner instead if you want to describe a completed action.

Usage info

To roll or push something steadily or without a specific direction.

Examples

Малыш катал по полу паровозик.
The little boy pushed a toy train across the floor.
Ребёнок катал по полу маленькое колёсико.
The child rolled a little wheel across the floor.
Дети катали большо́й сне́жный ком.
The children rolled a large snowball.
Дети катали сне́жный ком.
The children were rolling a big snowball.

Conjugation

	Present	Future
я	ката́ю	бу́ду ката́ть
ты	ката́ешь	бу́дешь ката́ть
он/она́/оно́	ката́ет	бу́дет ката́ть
мы	ката́ем	бу́дем ката́ть
вы	ката́ете	бу́дете ката́ть
они́	ката́ют	бу́дут ката́ть

Imperative
ты	ката́й
вы	ката́йте

Past
masculine	ката́л
feminine	ката́ла
neuter	ката́ло
plural	ката́ли

Participles

Active present	ката́ющий	rolling, riding, driving (as in providing a ride)
Active past	ката́вший	who was driving, who was riding, who was skating, having driven
Passive present	ката́емый	rolled, ridden, driven
Passive past	ка́танный	rolled
Gerund present	ката́я	while doing (present)
Gerund past	катав катавши	while doing (past)

Prefix groupPRO

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
ката́ть	-	to roll; to roll; to wheel; to take for a drive
ката́ться	-	to ride; to skate; to roll about
вката́ть	в-	to roll in; to slap with (a fine)
вы́катать	вы-	to mangle