I would like to see contrasting examples of the imperatives of to go. What are the differences among these?
- ходи
- иди
- пойди
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1See russian.stackexchange.com/questions/13286/ходил-сходил-пошёл and russian.stackexchange.com/a/4454/3680– Dmitry ♦Feb 26, 2018 at 8:51
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1Imperative "Ходи!" is used widely in the context of turn-based games like chess. It means "Make you move!" Ex. Лошадью ходи– AlexanderFeb 26, 2018 at 22:06
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Ходи(те) is primarily used in negative sentences: "Не ходите, дети, в Африку гулять!" Иди, пойди are only used in positive contexts.
Пойди is telling someone to run an errand, to go somewhere with a particular goal: Пойди на кухню, принеси воды. If it's a simple round trip, сходи is preferable: Сходи в магазин, купи молока.
Иди is more concerned with the process of moving: "Стой! Теперь иди." although nowadays colloquially it can mean the same as пойди/сходи and it sounds a bit rude: Иди в магазин и купи молока.
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"Не иди за мной" is pretty common, иди can well be used with the negative particle. Feb 26, 2018 at 11:34
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Go away home is only иди домой, not пойди, сходи. But go for some purpose all three can be used.– V.V.Feb 26, 2018 at 19:01
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1иди in place of пойди/сходи besides sounding a bit rude has also patronizing aspect, which is at play when it's used for instance by a parent giving an instruction to their kid, but it works in any close relationship where there's hierarchy Feb 27, 2018 at 19:17
The version ходи is about a continuous (going to and fro) or repeated action, while the version пойди is a request to go somewhere once (maybe for doing something there), another version of it is сходи (=пойди и вернись).
Repeated action:
Ходи весь этот месяц к врачу на уколы, и всё пройдёт.
Continuous action:
На тренировке ходи по бревну, пока не устанешь.
Single action:
Пойди в аптеку и принеси аспирин.
answered Feb 26, 2018 at 9:13
