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. :D

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.

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Originally Posted by kwatts59

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

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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.

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Originally Posted by JJ

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Originally Posted by kwatts59

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

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

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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!