Уменка
Perfectivedostich

достичь

to reach, attain, achieve

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
достигатьreach, attain, achieve
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
достигать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIдостигну
  • тыyou (sg)достигнешь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itдостигнет
  • мыweдостигнем
  • выyou (pl)достигнете
  • ониtheyдостигнут

Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheдостиг
  • онаsheдостигла
  • оноitдостигло
  • ониtheyдостигли

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

достигни

to a group / formal

достигните

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastдостигший
  • Passive pastдостигнутый
  • Adverbial (past)достигнув, достигши

Used with#

  • + Gen

    + genitive

Examples#

  • Я достиг своей цели.

    I achieved my goal.

  • Альпинисты достигли вершины.

    The climbers reached the summit.

About this verb#

  • Prefixed perfective from -стиг- ('reach') with до-. Class 8b: hidden velar stem (стиг-), no consonant mutation but the past loses -ну-: достиг (m), достигла, достигло, достигли. Two coexisting infinitive forms: достичь (more colloquial) and достигнуть (more formal). Government: + Gen (reach what). Used metaphorically: achievement, age, success.

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