Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "enter" in Russian

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войти

Meaning: enter, get into, come in, walk in, log in, go into, enter into

Pronunciation: [vigh-TEE]

Part of speech: verb (perfective aspect)

Rank: #399 (see frequency list)

Example sentences:

Я могу́ войти́?
May I come in?
А́нна вошла́ в ко́мнату.
Anna came into the room.
Для того́, что́бы войти́ в систе́му тебе́ ну́жно ввести́ паро́ль.
To log in you need to enter a password.
literal For that, in order to enter into system, for you it's needed to enter password.
Э́тот футбо́льный матч войдёт в исто́рию!
This football game will make in history!
Э́та статья́ не вошла́ в зако́н.
This article is not included in the law.
literal This article not entered into law.
Профе́ссор вошёл в класс и поприве́тствовал студе́нтов.
The professor came into class and greeted the students.
Э́тот фильм не вошёл в спи́сок кандида́тов на Оскар.
This film is not included in the list of candidates for the Oscar.
literal This film not entered into list of candidates on Oscar.
Я стара́юсь войти́ в электро́нную почту, но паро́ль не рабо́тает.
I am trying to log into my email, but my password does not work.
Серге́й войдёт в зал с мину́ты на мину́ту.
Sergey is entering the room at any minute.
literal Sergey will enter into hall from minute on minute.
Когда́ мы вошли́ в Третьяко́вскую галере́ю, мы бы́ли восхищены́ колле́кцией карти́н.
When we entered the Tretyakov Gallery, we were delighted with the collection of paintings.

Verb conjugation:

Present Tense

The perfective verb войти is not used in the Present Tense. Use the imperfective verb входить instead.

Past Tense

I, you (singular), he	вошёл
she	вошла́
it	вошло́
we, you (plural), they	вошли́

Future Simple Tense

I	войду́
you (singular)	войдёшь
he, she, it	войдёт
we	войдём
you (plural)	войдёте
they	войду́т

Future Compound Tense

The perfective verb войти is not used in the Future Compound Tense. Use the imperfective verb входить instead.

Imperative Mood (Command Form)

you (singular)	войди́
you (plural)	войди́те

View full conjugation table for the verb pair входить/войти

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