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Learn Russian: плыть - to swim, to sail one direction

Russian
/Multidirectional verbs of motion (ходить, ездить)
/плыть

плыть

Word

плыть

Meaning

to swim, to sail (one direction)

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Multidirectional verbs of motion (ходить, ездить)

Usages of плыть

Рыба плывёт в море.

The fish is swimming in the sea.

Мы плывём домой.

We are sailing home.

Известный пловец плывёт навстречу волне.

The famous swimmer is swimming towards the wave.

Огромная лодка плывёт сквозь туман.

A huge boat is sailing through the fog.

Старая лодка плывёт по волнам к берегу.

The old boat is sailing on the waves towards the shore.

Через час дельфин будет плыть на юг.

In an hour the dolphin will be swimming south.

В продолжение сильного шторма судно не могло плыть.

Throughout the severe storm, the vessel could not sail.

В продолжение месяца судно плыло к горизонту.

Throughout the month, the vessel sailed toward the horizon.

Это остров, к которому в течение недели плыло наше судно.

This is the island toward which our vessel sailed during the week.

Лодка плыла по течению.

The boat was drifting with the current.

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