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лете́ть

verb, imperfective
Partner полете́ть
often used word (#994)

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travel

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fly

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Из трубы лете́ли и́скры. Sparks were coming out of the chimney.
Я хочу́ лете́ть самолётом. I want to travel by airplane.
О, мой оте́ц лети́т в Китай. Aw, my father's going to China.
Я лете́ла над облака́ми. I flew above the clouds.
«Зачем Вы лети́те в Япо́нию?» — «Чтобы уча́ствовать в конфере́нции в То́кио». Why are you going to Japan? "To attend a conference in Tokyo."
НЛО лети́т по не́бу. A UFO is flying in the sky.
Мы с То́мом лете́ли одним самолётом. Tom and I were on the same flight.
Пти́цы летя́т на юг зимой. Birds fly south in the winter.
Как вре́мя лети́т! How time flies!
Летя́т дни, а о То́ме всё ни слу́ху ни ду́ху. Days go by and still no sign of Tom.

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Imperative

singular	лети́
plural	лети́те

Past

male	лете́л
female	лете́ла
neuter	лете́ло
plural	лете́ли

Present / Future

	Present	Future
я	лечу́	бу́ду лете́ть
ты	лети́шь	бу́дешь лете́ть
он/она́/оно́	лети́т	бу́дет лете́ть
мы	лети́м	бу́дем лете́ть
вы	лети́те	бу́дете лете́ть
они́	летя́т	бу́дут лете́ть