What is the difference between "Когда вы уезжаете" and "когда вы уедете"
Hi :)
I'm still trying to get a better understand of Russian aspects (I think I'm getting). It's just a bit confusing with these verbs thought. I've heard my teacher asking Erasmus student "Когда вы уезжаете" and of course, I understood "When are you leaving us ?"
But, well... Strangely, it wouldn't have been my question. I would have asked "когда вы уедете" as in, a future tense, a result point of view. I don't quite grasp why she used it this way ...
Thing is, I've googled both, and they both are correct. So which one is for which context ? :O
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Answers · 14
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Hi!
It is the same as in English. Compare the shades of meaning between: "Когда вы уезжаете?" - "Whеn are you leaving?" and "Когда вы уедете?" - "When will you leave?"
Good luck in learning Russian :)
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Когда вы уезжаете?=When are you going to leave? or When are you leaving?
Когда вы уедете? It's impolite to ask such a direct question. It sounds like I'm tired of that person and I want him/her to leave as soon as possible.
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It works just like in English: I can ask you «Where are you leaving?» – «Когда ты уезжаешь?» if I'm definitely sure that you're going to leave for, let's say work, and «Когда ты уедешь?» – «When are you going to leave?» is a normal way of saying that phrase.
Note that we can use the two phrases interchangeably in everyday speech, depending on how people are used to say that.
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Оба правильно. Первый чуть-чуть вежливее.
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"Когда вы уезжаете?" is the polite version ("When are you leaving?")
"Когда вы уедите?" is too direct ("When will you leave?")
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