Thread: I returned

Is this right?

Я вернулся = I returned (perfective)
Я возвратился = I returned (perfective)
Я возвращался = I was returning (imperfective)

What is the difference between "вернулся" and "возвратился"?
Are they synonyms?

Thanks in advance.

I prefer "я вернулся"....as I'm not a native speaker, I cannot tell you the difference, but this form is always used if, for instance, you return from war etc.

Originally Posted by kwatts59

What is the difference between "вернулся" and "возвратился"?
Are they synonyms?

вернуть - to get back, to come back
возвратить - to return
I prefer "вернуться", "возвратиться" sounds a bit formal.

Вернуться и возвратиться have the same meaning, but вернуться is used more often than возвратиться.

Originally Posted by JJ

Originally Posted by kwatts59

What is the difference between "вернулся" and "возвратился"?
Are they synonyms?

вернуть - to get back, to come back
возвратить - to return
I prefer "вернуться", "возвратиться" sounds a bit formal.

Would you mind conjugating (future-tense & past-tense singular) вернуть? e.g. "I will return" "You will return..." , " I returned" , "You returned..."

Assuming you mean the reflexive verb:

я вернусь I will return
мы вернёмся We will return
ты вернёшься You (sing., familiar) will return
он вернётся He (same for she & it) will return
вы вернётесь You (plural/formal) will return
они вернутся They will return

Past tense is simpler:

он вернулся He returned
она вернулась She returned
оно вернулось It returned
они вернулись They returned

To round out the topic, "Я возвраитл книгу" = I returned the book.

возвратиться к старым привычкам — to revert/return to one's old habits

And when he popped over to visit someone, wasn't it Owl Сова who left a sign over his door (hole in a tree):

Ушол. Щас вирнусь.



(In Винни-Пух if you didn't recognize it.)

no вазвращюсь for him, no sir!