Future tense#
Future Tense- яIдогоню
- тыyou (sg)догонишь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itдогонит
- мыweдогоним
- выyou (pl)догоните
- ониtheyдогонят
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheдогнал
- онаsheдогнала
- оноitдогнало
- ониtheyдогнали
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
догони
to a group / formal
догоните
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastдогнавший
- Passive pastдогнанный
- Adverbial (past)догнав
Used with#
- + acc (до + gen)
+ acc (до + gen)
Examples#
Беги, догони его, пока не поздно!
Run, catch up with him before it's too late!
Наши учёные догнали мировой уровень.
Our scientists have caught up with the world standard.
About this verb#
- Class 7b with the irregular present-future stem гон- (догоню, догонишь): the inserted а of the infinitive drops, and the root vowel shifts. Past mobile stress: догнал but feminine догнала. The basic verb гнать 'drive, chase' carries this same irregular pattern.
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