Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

This Rusian word is one of the top 1000 words in Russian. The complete list of most common Russian words is available here.

Meaning: to go, to come, to leave, to move, to be in progress, to fall, to go by, pass

Pronunciation: [eet-TEE]

Part of speech: verb (imperfective aspect)

Rank: #95 (see frequency list)

• Я иду в парк.
• I'm going to the park. (walking)
• Вы слишком быстро идёте.
• You are walking too fast.
• Этот поезд идёт в Москву.
• This train goes to Moscow.
• Письмо из России в Америку идёт две недели.
• It takes two weeks for a letter to arrive from Russia to the USA. (lit: a letter goes two weeks)
• На улице идёт дождь.
• It is raining outside. (lit: at street rain is coming)
• Тихо, идут занятия!
• Be quite. The classes are in progress.
• Этот пиджак тебе не идёт.
• This jacket doesn't suit you.
• Она шла по улице одна.
• She was walking down the street alone.
• Это кино идёт каждый вечер.
• This movie is playing every night.

• идти за кем-либо = to follow someone
• Всё идёт как по маслу. = Things are going on swimmingly.
• идти в сравнение = to be be comparable
• идти на риск = to take chances
• О чём идёт речь? = What is a question?
• Идёт! = All right!, Agreed!
• идти в гору = to be up and coming; to be on the climb
• идти по проторенной дороге = to take the line of least resistance
• идти по стопам = to follow in somebody's footsteps
• идти против течения = to go (swim) against the current
• идти своим путём = to steer one's own way

Present Tense

Past Tense

Future Simple Tense

The imperfective verb идти is not used in the Future Simple Tense. Use the perfective verb пойти instead.

Future Compound Tense

Imperative Mood (Command Form)

View full conjugation table for the verb pair идти/пойти