Present tense#
Conjugation- яIбью
- тыyou (sg)бьёшь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itбьёт
- мыweбьём
- выyou (pl)бьёте
- ониtheyбьют
Future tense#
Future Tense- яIбуду бить
- тыyou (sg)будешь бить
- он / она / оноhe / she / itбудет бить
- мыweбудем бить
- выyou (pl)будете бить
- ониtheyбудут бить
Imperfective verbs form the future with the auxiliary бы́ть plus the infinitive.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheбил
- онаsheбила
- оноitбило
- ониtheyбили
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
бей
to a group / formal
бейте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active presentбьющий
- Active pastбивший
- Passive pastбитый
- Adverbial (past)бив, бивши
Used with#
- + Acc
Не бей собаку!
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Не бей собаку!
Don't hit the dog!
Часы бьют полночь.
The clock is striking midnight.
About this verb#
- Class 11b: short monosyllabic stem with -ьё- in the present: бью, бьёшь, бьют (end-stress). Past has fixed stem stress (бил, била, било, били) with no feminine shift. Aspect partners: побить, разбить (the latter = 'smash to pieces').
With prefixes#
Prefixes- вбитьpfdrive in, hammer in
- взбитьpfshake up, fluff up, beat up, whip, whisk
- выбитьpfknock out, kick out, beat, stamp
- добитьpffinish, kill, deal the final blow
- забитьpfto beat; score, make a goal
- избитьpfbeat unmercifully
- набитьpfbeat down, fill up, stuff
- оббитьpfknock off, shake off; chip; upholster, cover, paper (a wall)
- обитьpfbeat, upholster
- отбитьpfrepulse, repel, win over, retake, recapture, break off, take away, remove, whet
- перебитьpfkill, slaughter, slay, break; To interrupt
- побитьpfbeat down, lay, nip
- подбитьpfshoot down; incite, instigate
- прибитьpfnail on, fasten; press/drive against, settle (and stick fast)
- пробитьpfpenetrate; run, put in; struck
- разбитьpfbreak, crash, smash, divide, lay out, pitch, set up, beat, defeat, hurt badly, fracture, space
- сбитьpfcause to fall, shake down, put out, knock together, churn, whisk, beat up, whip
- убитьpfkill, murder, assassinate, slay
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