verb tense

I started learning Russian (along with Brazilian Portuguese) about 2 months ago. One resource I have been using is Russian movies. I have noticed a verb use that has me a little confused:

When a (male) person seems to be saying what in English would mean "I am going now", that person says "я пошёл"

When a person says to a group what in English would mean "Let's go!", the person says "пошли!"

I assume that the verb I am hearing is the past tense of the perfective verb "пойти"

Are the above examples cases of using past tense of a perfective verb to describe present tense action or is this possibly "mistaken identity" and actually some other verb?

спасибо!

У тебя всё правильно.
Глагол - пойти. Я пошёл/пошла, он пошёл, она пошла, мы, вы, они пошли. Это всё в прошедшем времени.
Для настоящего времени используется другой глагол: идти. Я иду, он/она идёт, мы идём, вы идёте, они идут.

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Originally Posted by hudozhnik

I started learning Russian (along with Brazilian Portuguese) about 2 months ago. One resource I have been using is Russian movies. I have noticed a verb use that has me a little confused:

When a (male) person seems to be saying what in English would mean "I am going now", that person says "я пошёл"

When a person says to a group what in English would mean "Let's go!", the person says "пошли!"

I assume that the verb I am hearing is the past tense of the perfective verb "пойти"

Are the above examples cases of using past tense of a perfective verb to describe present tense action or is this possibly "mistaken identity" and actually some other verb?

спасибо!

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You are right, "Let's go" = Пошли.
I'm going / I'm off = Пошёл / Пошла.

It is past tense in form, but expressing the present/future.

Благодарю всех за эти быстрые ответы

I look forward to learning from the posts on this forum.

Спасибо ещё раз

It's just like
I'm gone!
We're outta here!
Let's went! (this shows my age)

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Originally Posted by TATY

You are right, "Let's go" = Пошли.
I'm going / I'm off = Пошёл / Пошла.

It is past tense in form, but expressing the present/future.

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Да, правильно. Нам пора, мы уходим. или Мы пошли, всего хорошего. Так могут прощаться гости, которые собрались уходить, уже, может быть, стоят в дверях.