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Russian word of the day: Плыть

Dec 09, 2017 (see all)
плыть
[ plyt' ]
Verb , imperfective
Perfective - поплы́ть
to swim, to float, to sail
Simple movements Sport in Russian Verbs of motion

Examples

  • Хва́тит плыть по тече́нию, пора́ что́-то меня́ть!

    hvá-teet plyt' pa tee-ché-nee-yu, pa-rá chto-ta mee-nyát'

    Enough to swim with the flow, it's time to change something!

  • По не́бу ни́зко плы́ли облака́.

    pa nyé-bu néez-ka plý-lee ab-la-ká

    The clouds were sailing low across the sky

Плыть - Conjugation
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Related words
взять to take
остана́вливать to stop
толка́ть to push
упа́сть to fall, to drop

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