Russian verbs are probably the most versatile of all the world's languages. Adding just about any preposition to pretty much any verb produces various flavors, intonations, moods, implications, double meanings, new meanings, and even entirely new words. You can make 8 words from the word "go" in Russian. How many words can you make from the same word in English? Let's see: forgo, prego - oops, that's not a verb, that's spaghetti sauce. That's about it. Most verbs in English you can do nothing with, but in Russian you can make at least 7 new words from any verb! Which makes Russian vocabulary at least 7 times more colorful than English, and, probably other languages.
Lets look at a couple of examples:
Idti - идти - to walk
Poyti - пойти - to start walking, to consider starting walking
Zayti - зайти - to come by somewhere specific, possibly entering it
Podoyti - подойти - to come by somewhere specific or very close to it, possibly entering, but not necessarily, at least not as likely as in "zayti"
Voyti - войти - to enter, to walk inside
Doyti - дойти - to come as far as all that to reach this place, and it wasn't nothing!
Soyti - сойти - to get off something that's a bit raised, like a stage, a bus
Nayti - найти - to find
Oboyti - обойти - to walk around, to avoid
Otoyti - отойти - to walk away, to walk from
Pitj - пить - to drink
Popitj - попить - to drink with a bit more coziness
Zapitj - запить - either to start drinking alcohol again after staying sober for a while, or to flush down some food or medicine
Vipitj - выпить - to drink alcoholic beverage
Dopitj - допить - to finish the drink in your cup
Napitjsya - напиться - to get drunk
Spitsya - спиться - to become a pathetic alcoholic
Propitj - пропить - to spend all your money on booze
An example of conjugating the verb to go:
ya (I) on/onа (he/she) oni (they) Vi (formal you) Ti (informal) mi (we)
я он/она они Вы Ты мы
idu (walk) idjet idut idyote idyosh idyom
я иду он/она идёт они идут Вы идёте ты идёшь мы идём
shla (walked) on shyol, ona shla shli shli shyol (m), shla (f) shli
шёл / шла шёл / шла шли шли шёл шли
poydu ( will go ) poydyot poydut poydyote poydyosh poydyom
пойду пойдёт пойдут пойдёте пойдёшь пойдём
Lets look at a couple of examples:
Idti - идти - to walk
Poyti - пойти - to start walking, to consider starting walking
Zayti - зайти - to come by somewhere specific, possibly entering it
Podoyti - подойти - to come by somewhere specific or very close to it, possibly entering, but not necessarily, at least not as likely as in "zayti"
Voyti - войти - to enter, to walk inside
Doyti - дойти - to come as far as all that to reach this place, and it wasn't nothing!
Soyti - сойти - to get off something that's a bit raised, like a stage, a bus
Nayti - найти - to find
Oboyti - обойти - to walk around, to avoid
Otoyti - отойти - to walk away, to walk from
Pitj - пить - to drink
Popitj - попить - to drink with a bit more coziness
Zapitj - запить - either to start drinking alcohol again after staying sober for a while, or to flush down some food or medicine
Vipitj - выпить - to drink alcoholic beverage
Dopitj - допить - to finish the drink in your cup
Napitjsya - напиться - to get drunk
Spitsya - спиться - to become a pathetic alcoholic
Propitj - пропить - to spend all your money on booze
An example of conjugating the verb to go:
ya (I) on/onа (he/she) oni (they) Vi (formal you) Ti (informal) mi (we)
я он/она они Вы Ты мы
idu (walk) idjet idut idyote idyosh idyom
я иду он/она идёт они идут Вы идёте ты идёшь мы идём
shla (walked) on shyol, ona shla shli shli shyol (m), shla (f) shli
шёл / шла шёл / шла шли шли шёл шли
poydu ( will go ) poydyot poydut poydyote poydyosh poydyom
пойду пойдёт пойдут пойдёте пойдёшь пойдём
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