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поплыть

to start swimming

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Conjugation of поплыть

This verb can also mean the following: start sailing, start floating.
This verb's imperfective counterpart: плыть
Я
Ты
Он/она
Мы
Вы
Они
Future tense
поплыву
poplyvu
I will start swimming
поплывёшь
poplyvesh'
you will start swimming
поплывёт
poplyvet
he/she will start swimming
поплывём
poplyvem
we will start swimming
поплывёте
poplyvete
you all will start swimming
поплывут
poplyvut
they will start swimming
Perfective Imperative mood
-
поплыви
poplyvi
start swimming
-
-
поплывите
poplyvite
start swimming
-
Он
Она
Оно
Они
Perfective Past tense
поплыл
poplyl
he started swimming
поплыла
poplyla
she started swimming
поплыло
poplylo
it started swimming
поплыли
poplyli
they started swimming
Conditional
поплыл бы
poplyl by
He would start swimming
поплыла бы
poplyla by
She would start swimming
поплыло бы
poplylo by
It would start swimming
поплыли бы
poplyli by
They would start swimming
Pres. Act.
Past Act.
Pres. Pass.
Past Pass.
Present Adv.
Past Adv.
Participles
поплывший
poplyvšij
one who started swimming
поплыв
poplyv
while starting swimming

Examples of поплыть

Гвендолин... Она умерла в конце? Когда вошла в море и поплыла к горизонту?

Did she die-- Gwendolyn-- at the end when she went into the sea and started swimming to the horizon?