Future tense#
Future Tense- яIдуну
- тыyou (sg)дунешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itдунет
- мыweдунем
- выyou (pl)дунете
- ониtheyдунут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheдунул
- онаsheдунула
- оноitдунуло
- ониtheyдунули
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
дунь
to a group / formal
дуньте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastдунувший
- Adverbial (past)дунув
Used with#
- на + acc; в + acc
на + acc; в + acc
Examples#
Маленький мальчик дунул на свечи.
The little boy blew on the candles.
Дунь на ложку, чтобы не обжечься.
Blow on the spoon so you don't burn yourself.
About this verb#
- Semelfactive perfective ('single puff') of imperfective дуть. Class 3a with -ну- suffix and fixed stem stress throughout. Unlike many 3-class semelfactives (e.g. крикнуть), дунуть keeps stem stress because дуть itself is stem-stressed.
Practice
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