Future tense#
Future Tense- яIдвину
- тыyou (sg)двинешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itдвинет
- мыweдвинем
- выyou (pl)двинете
- ониtheyдвинут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheдвинул
- онаsheдвинула
- оноitдвинуло
- ониtheyдвинули
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
двинь
to a group / formal
двиньте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastдвинувший
- Passive pastдвинутый
- Adverbial (past)двинув
Used with#
- + acc (+ instr)
+ acc (+ instr)
Examples#
Двинь стол к окну.
Move the table over to the window.
Он не двинул и пальцем, чтобы помочь.
He didn't lift a finger to help.
About this verb#
- Class 3a semelfactive in -ну- with fixed stem stress (двину), distinct from class 3b semelfactives which would be end-stressed. Pairs with двигать (which also exists as the non-semelfactive imperfective). Fixed idiom: не двинуть и пальцем 'not lift a finger'.
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